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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. BoltDB vs. InfinityDB vs. jBASE vs. NCache

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded key-value store for Go.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­boltdb/­boltboilerbay.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasewww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9www.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffBoiler Bay Inc.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Alachisoft
Initial release20142013200219912005
Current release4.05.75.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysoptionalpartial 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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesnonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGoJava.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyesnonoyesyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneyesyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesnonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnononoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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AlaSQLBoltDBInfinityDBjBASENCache
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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