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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Hazelcast vs. InfinityDB vs. NCache vs. NuoDB

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA widely adopted in-memory data gridA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitealtibase.comhazelcast.comboilerbay.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualshazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperAltibaseHazelcastBoiler Bay Inc.AlachisoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release19992008200220052013
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20235.3.6, November 20234.05.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arrayspartial 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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92SQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, SQL
Triggersyesyes infoEventsnoyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneyesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infoReplicated Mapnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes infoMVCC
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.yesyesnoyesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
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AltibaseHazelcastInfinityDBNCacheNuoDB
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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