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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. NSDb vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. NSDb vs. TempoIQ

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA widely adopted in-memory data gridOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document 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
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#369  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orghazelcast.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachensdb.iotempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsnsdb.io/­Architecture
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHazelcastAlachisoftTempoIQ
Initial release20142008200520172012
Current release5.3.6, November 20235.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononoyes
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava, Scala
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query languageSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono
Triggersyesyes infoEventsyes infoNotificationsyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoReplicated Mapyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)simple authentication-based access control
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AlaSQLHazelcastNCacheNSDbTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB
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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