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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. eXtremeDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. NCache vs. Oracle Rdb

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.34
Rank#88  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.mcobject.comfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.html
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsMcObjectGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014AlachisoftOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release20122001201220051984
Current release29.0.1, April 20248.2, 20215.3.3, April 20247.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialcommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
HP Open VMS
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial 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.nono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyeslimited functionality with using 'rules'no infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnoyes infoby defining eventsCallbacks are triggered when data changesyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioning / shardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyesoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingyes, on a single node
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyes
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.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemyes, based on authentication and database rulesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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Apache DruideXtremeDBFirebase Realtime DatabaseNCacheOracle Rdb
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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