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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. CrateDB vs. LokiJS vs. NCache vs. Riak KV

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLDistributed Database based on LuceneIn-memory JavaScript DBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreDistributed, fault tolerant key-value store
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexes
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score4.10
Rank#82  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphcratedb.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationcratedb.com/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latest
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.CrateAlachisoftOpenSource, formerly Basho Technologies
Initial release20162013201420052009
Current release2.1, December 20185.3.3, April 20243.2.0, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise edition
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaErlang
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemedepending on used data modelFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counterno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesrestricted
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoSQL-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
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
JavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C infounofficial client library
C#
C++ infounofficial client library
Clojure infounofficial client library
Dart infounofficial client library
Erlang
Go infounofficial client library
Groovy infounofficial client library
Haskell infounofficial client library
Java
JavaScript infounofficial client library
Lisp infounofficial client library
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala infounofficial client library
Smalltalk infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions (Javascript)View functions in JavaScriptno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRErlang
Triggersnonoyesyes infoNotificationsyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingnoneyesSharding infono "single point of failure"
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
noneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono infolinks between data sets can be stored
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardrights management via user accountsnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes, using Riak Security
More information provided by the system vendor
AgensGraphCrateDBLokiJSNCacheRiak KV
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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