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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. NCache vs. Riak KV vs. Solr vs. STSdb

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRiak KV  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreDistributed, fault tolerant key-value storeA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value store infowith links between data sets and object tags for the creation of secondary indexesSearch engineKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score4.10
Rank#82  Overall
#9  Key-value stores
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachesolr.apache.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.tiot.jp/­riak-docs/­riak/­kv/­latestsolr.apache.org/­resources.html
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.AlachisoftOpenSource, formerly Basho TechnologiesApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release20162005200920062011
Current release2.1, December 20185.3.3, April 20243.2.0, December 20229.6.0, April 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2, commercial enterprise editionOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaErlangJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counternoyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesrestrictedyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noSolr Parallel SQL Interfaceno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP API
Native Erlang Interface
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.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
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRErlangJava pluginsno
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsyes infopre-commit hooks and post-commit hooksyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceyesSharding infono "single point of failure"Shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelselectable replication factoryesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infolinks between data sets can be storednono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnooptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes, using Riak Securityyesno
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AgensGraphNCacheRiak KVSolrSTSdb
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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