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System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. Graphite vs. NCache vs. OrientDB vs. Stardog

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonStardog  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Enterprise Knowledge Graph platform and graph DBMS with high availability, high performance reasoning, and virtualization
Primary database modelSearch engineTime Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.87
Rank#140  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score4.75
Rank#75  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.98
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.27
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#15  Key-value stores
Score2.05
Rank#129  Overall
#11  Graph DBMS
#6  RDF stores
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorientdb.orgwww.stardog.com
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchgraphite.readthedocs.iowww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.stardog.com
DeveloperAmazonChris DavisAlachisoftOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPStardog-Union
Initial release20122006200520102010
Current release5.3, September 20223.2.29, March 20247.3.0, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial info60-day fully-featured trial license; 1-year fully-featured non-commercial use license for academics/students
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languagePythonC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaJava
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Unix
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumeric data onlypartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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 infoImport/export of XML data possible
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexednoyesyesyes infosupports real-time indexing in full-text and geospatial
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language, no joinsYes, compatible with all major SQL variants through dedicated BI/SQL Server
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIHTTP API
Sockets
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Jena RDF API
OWL
RDF4J API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SNARL
SPARQL
Spring Data
Stardog Studio
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Groovy
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, Javascriptuser defined functions and aggregates, HTTP Server extensions in Java
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsHooksyes infovia event handlers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requirednoneyesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication in HA-Cluster
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
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 in HA-Cluster
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes inforelationship in graphsyes inforelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infolockingyesyesyes
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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurableAccess rights for users and roles
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Amazon CloudSearchGraphiteNCacheOrientDBStardog
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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