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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. GridDB vs. H2 vs. NCache

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
RDF storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Spatial DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score3.62
Rank#83  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score2.09
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlgriddb.netwww.h2database.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqljena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.griddb.netwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsToshiba CorporationThomas MuellerAlachisoft
Initial release20142000201320052005
Current release4.9.0, July 20235.1, August 20222.2.220, July 20235.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++JavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)yesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyesyes infovia event handleryesyesyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneSource-replica replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID infoTDB TransactionsACID at container levelACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess control via Jena SecurityAccess rights for users can be defined per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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AlaSQLApache Jena - TDBGridDBH2NCache
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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