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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. JaguarDB vs. NCache vs. SpaceTime vs. Sphinx

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeSpatial DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitealasql.orgwww.jaguardb.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.mireo.com/­spacetimesphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docssphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDataJaguar, Inc.AlachisoftMireoSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20142015200520202001
Current release3.3 July 20235.3.3, April 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesno
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 indexesnoyesyesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.A subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.A subset of ANSI SQL is implementedSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Python
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono
Triggersyesnoyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesFixed-grid hypercubesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
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 integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnorights management via user accountsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yesno
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLJaguarDBNCacheSpaceTimeSphinx
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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