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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. H2 vs. Immudb vs. NCache vs. STSdb

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonImmudb  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#295  Overall
#42  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitealtibase.comwww.h2database.comgithub.com/­codenotary/­immudb
immudb.io
www.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.immudb.iowww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperAltibaseThomas MuellerCodenotaryAlachisoftSTS Soft SC
Initial release19992005202020052011
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20232.2.220, July 20231.2.3, April 20225.3.3, April 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaGoC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VMBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92yesSQL-like syntaxSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
Java.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyesyesnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
More information provided by the system vendor
AltibaseH2ImmudbNCacheSTSdb
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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