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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. NCache vs. Raima Database Manager vs. Tkrzw

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-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
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheraima.comdbmx.net/­tkrzw
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.raima.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlachisoftRaima Inc.Mikio Hirabayashi
Initial release2014200519842020
Current release5.3.3, April 202415, June 20210.9.3, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaCC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenopartial 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.nonono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C++
Java
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationno
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infousing specific database classes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)nono
More information provided by the system vendor
AlaSQLNCacheRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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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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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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