DBMS > AntDB vs. Cassandra vs. HBase vs. MongoDB vs. NCache
System Properties Comparison AntDB vs. Cassandra vs. HBase vs. MongoDB vs. NCache
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Description | A scalable, multi-tenant, MPP-architectured RDBMS for OLTP and OLAP operations, highly compatible with Oracle | Wide-column store based on ideas of BigTable and DynamoDB Optimized for write access | Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTable | One of the most popular document stores available both as a fully managed cloud service and for deployment on self-managed infrastructure | Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary database model | Relational DBMS | Wide column store | Wide column store | Document store | Key-value store | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secondary database models | Vector DBMS starting with release V5 | Spatial DBMS Search engine integrated Lucene index, currently in MongoDB Atlas only. Time Series DBMS Time Series Collections introduced in Release 5.0 Vector DBMS currently available in the MongoDB Atlas cloud service only | Document store Search engine Using distributed Lucene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Website | www.asiainfo.com/en_us/product_aisware_antdb_detail.html | cassandra.apache.org | hbase.apache.org | www.mongodb.com | www.alachisoft.com/ncache | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technical documentation | cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest | hbase.apache.org/book.html | www.mongodb.com/docs/manual | www.alachisoft.com/resources/docs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Developer | AsiaInfo Technologies Limited | Apache Software Foundation Apache top level project, originally developped by Facebook | Apache Software Foundation Apache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset | MongoDB, Inc | Alachisoft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Initial release | 2008 | 2008 | 2009 | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current release | 4.1.3, July 2023 | 2.3.4, January 2021 | 6.0.7, June 2023 | 5.3.3, April 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
License Commercial or Open Source | commercial | Open Source Apache version 2 | Open Source Apache version 2 | Open Source MongoDB Inc.'s Server Side Public License v1. Prior versions were published under GNU AGPL v3.0. Commercial licenses are also available. | Open Source Enterprise Edition available | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cloud-based only Only available as a cloud service | no | no | no | no MongoDB available as DBaaS (MongoDB Atlas) | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Implementation language | Java | Java | C++ | C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Server operating systems | BSD Linux OS X Windows | Linux Unix Windows using Cygwin | Linux OS X Solaris Windows | Linux Windows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data scheme | yes | schema-free | schema-free, schema definition possible | schema-free Although schema-free, documents of the same collection often follow the same structure. Optionally impose all or part of a schema by defining a JSON schema. | schema-free | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Typing predefined data types such as float or date | yes | yes | options to bring your own types, AVRO | yes string, integer, double, decimal, boolean, date, object_id, geospatial | partial Supported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
XML support Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT. | no | no | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Secondary indexes | yes | restricted only equality queries, not always the best performing solution | no | yes | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SQL Support of SQL | SQL2016 compliant | SQL-like SELECT, DML and DDL statements (CQL) | no | Read-only SQL queries via the MongoDB Atlas SQL Interface | SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
APIs and other access methods | JDBC MySQL protocol compliant ODBC | Proprietary protocol CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language) Thrift | Java API RESTful HTTP API Thrift | GraphQL HTTP REST Prisma proprietary protocol using JSON | IDistributedCache JCache LINQ Proprietary native API | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supported programming languages | C# C++ Clojure Erlang Go Haskell Java JavaScript Node.js Perl PHP Python Ruby Scala | C C# C++ Groovy Java PHP Python Scala | Actionscript unofficial driver C C# C++ Clojure unofficial driver ColdFusion unofficial driver D unofficial driver Dart unofficial driver Delphi unofficial driver Erlang Go Groovy unofficial driver Haskell Java JavaScript Kotlin Lisp unofficial driver Lua unofficial driver MatLab unofficial driver Perl PHP PowerShell unofficial driver Prolog unofficial driver Python R unofficial driver Ruby Rust Scala Smalltalk unofficial driver Swift | .Net .Net Core C# Java JavaScript (Node.js) Python Scala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Server-side scripts Stored procedures | no | yes Coprocessors in Java | JavaScript | no support for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Triggers | yes | yes | yes | yes in MongoDB Atlas only | yes Notifications | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partitioning methods Methods for storing different data on different nodes | Sharding no "single point of failure" | Sharding | Sharding Partitioned by hashed, ranged, or zoned sharding keys. Live resharding allows users to change their shard keys as an online operation with zero downtime. | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Replication methods Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes | selectable replication factor Representation of geographical distribution of servers is possible | Multi-source replication Source-replica replication | Multi-Source deployments with MongoDB Atlas Global Clusters Source-replica replication | yes, with selectable consistency level | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MapReduce Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods | yes | yes | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Consistency concepts Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system | Immediate Consistency | Eventual Consistency Immediate Consistency can be individually decided for each write operation | Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency | Eventual Consistency can be individually decided for each read operation Immediate Consistency default behaviour | Eventual Consistency Immediate Consistency Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign keys Referential integrity | yes | no | no | no typically not used, however similar functionality with DBRef possible | no | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transaction concepts Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data | ACID | no Atomicity and isolation are supported for single operations | Single row ACID (across millions of columns) | Multi-document ACID Transactions with snapshot isolation | optimistic locking and pessimistic locking | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Concurrency Support for concurrent manipulation of data | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Durability Support for making data persistent | yes | yes | yes | yes optional, enabled by default | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In-memory capabilities Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only. | yes | no | yes | yes In-memory storage engine introduced with MongoDB version 3.2 | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
User concepts Access control | Access rights for users can be defined per object | Access Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC | Access rights for users and roles | Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Specific characteristics | AntDB was initiated in 2008. On the core system of operators, AntDB provides online... » more | Apache Cassandra is the leading NoSQL, distributed database management system, well... » more | MongoDB provides an integrated suite of cloud database and data services to accelerate... » more | NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache... » more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Competitive advantages | HTAP mixed load: AntDB is a universal, enterprise-level distributed relational database,... » more | No single point of failure ensures 100% availability . Operational simplicity for... » more | Built around the flexible document data model and unified API, MongoDB is a developer... » more | NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,... » more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Typical application scenarios | As the core software of large enterprise, AntDB supports multi-scenario deployment.... » more | Internet of Things (IOT), fraud detection applications, recommendation engines, product... » more | AI-enriched intelligent apps (Continental, Telefonica, Iron Mountain) Internet of... » more | NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare... » more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Key customers | China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, Aeon Life, China Mobile Tietong, CITIC... » more | Apple, Netflix, Uber, ING,, Intuit,Fidelity, NY Times, Outbrain, BazaarVoice, Best... » more | ADP, Adobe, Amadeus, AstraZeneca, Auto Trader, Barclays, BBVA, Bosch, Cisco, CERN,... » more | Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,... » more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Market metrics | More than 1 billion subscribers in 24 provinces across China are served by AntDB... » more | Cassandra is used by 40% of the Fortune 100. » more | Hundreds of millions downloads, over 150,000+ Atlas clusters provisioned every month... » more | Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005. » more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensing and pricing models | Certificates and licenses CMMI5 Certificate licensed by CMMI Institute IT Product... » more | Apache license Pricing for commercial distributions provided by DataStax and available... » more | MongoDB database server: Server-Side Public License (SSPL) . Commercial licenses... » more | NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise... » more | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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