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System Properties Comparison Amazon Neptune vs. Ehcache vs. NCache vs. OpenEdge vs. Titan

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NameAmazon Neptune  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionFast, reliable graph database built for the cloudA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreApplication development environment with integrated database management systemTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Key-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.29
Rank#113  Overall
#9  Graph DBMS
#5  RDF stores
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­neptunewww.ehcache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.progress.com/­openedgegithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan
Technical documentationaws.amazon.com/­neptune/­developer-resourceswww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocumentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wiki
DeveloperAmazonTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGAlachisoftProgress Software CorporationAurelius, owned by DataStax
Initial release20172009200519842012
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.3, April 2024OpenEdge 12.2, March 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache license, version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial 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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes infoclose to SQL 92no
APIs and other access methodsOpenCypher
RDF 1.1 / SPARQL 1.1
TinkerPop Gremlin
JCacheIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Java.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)Clojure
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesyes
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoNotificationsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta Serveryeshorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4yes infovia pluggable storage backends
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-availability zones high availability, asynchronous replication for up to 15 read replicas within a single region. Global database clusters consists of a primary write DB cluster in one region, and up to five secondary read DB clusters in different regions. Each secondary region can have up to 16 reader instances.yes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engine
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsnonoyesyes infoRelationships in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infowith encyption-at-restyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcast
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)noAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Users and groupsUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Server
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Amazon NeptuneEhcacheNCacheOpenEdgeTitan
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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