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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. NCache vs. Tigris

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Cloudflare Workers KV vs. NCache vs. Tigris

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonCloudflare Workers KV  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonTigris  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA global, low-latency, key-value store for applications on Cloudflare with exceptionally high read volumes and low-latency.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA horizontally scalable, ACID transactional, document database available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.39
Rank#274  Overall
#39  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.09
Rank#363  Overall
#49  Document stores
#54  Key-value stores
#22  Search engines
#38  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgwww.cloudflare.com/­developer-platform/­workers-kvwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.tigrisdata.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldevelopers.cloudflare.com/­kv/­apiwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.tigrisdata.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffCloudflareAlachisoftTigris Data, Inc.
Initial release2014201820052022
Current release5.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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 indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIHTTP REST
Proprietary protocol
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
CLI Client
gRPC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Dart
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyesnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes, with selectable consistency levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes, using FoundationDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLCloudflare Workers KVNCacheTigris
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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