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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. BigchainDB vs. FoundationDB vs. NCache vs. OpenTSDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenTSDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreScalable Time Series DBMS based on HBase
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document storeDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.17
Rank#320  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.76
Rank#216  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.97
Rank#191  Overall
#32  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#87  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.59
Rank#140  Overall
#12  Time Series DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheopentsdb.net
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsopentsdb.net/­docs/­build/­html/­index.html
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.FoundationDBAlachisoftcurrently maintained by Yahoo and other contributors
Initial release20162016201320052011
Current release2.1, December 20186.2.28, November 20205.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoLGPL
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCPythonC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnono infosome layers support typingpartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counternumeric data for metrics, strings for tags
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnosupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP API
Telnet API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Erlang
Go
Java
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin SQL-layer onlyno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingShardingyesSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factoryesyes, with selectable consistency levelselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoin SQL-layer onlynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
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AgensGraphBigchainDBFoundationDBNCacheOpenTSDB
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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