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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. HEAVY.AI vs. NCache vs. OpenQM vs. Valentina Server

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA high performance, column-oriented RDBMS, specifically developed to harness the massive parallelism of modern CPU and GPU hardwareOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.77
Rank#141  Overall
#65  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­heavyai/­heavydb
www.heavy.ai
www.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.heavy.aiwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHEAVY.AI, Inc.AlachisoftRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsParadigma Software
Initial release20142016200519931999
Current release5.10, January 20225.3.3, April 20243.4-125.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++ and CUDAC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial 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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noyes
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Vega
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/Thrift
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoNotificationsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoRound robinyesyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
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 FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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AlaSQLHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022NCacheOpenQM infoalso called QMValentina Server
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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