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System Properties Comparison Apache Ignite vs. GridGain

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NameApache Ignite  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApache Ignite is a memory-centric distributed database, caching, and processing platform for transactional, analytical, and streaming workloads, delivering in-memory speeds at petabyte scale.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache Ignite
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Columnar
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.94
Rank#92  Overall
#14  Key-value stores
#48  Relational DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#149  Overall
#1  Columnar
#25  Key-value stores
#2  Object oriented DBMS
#69  Relational DBMS
Websiteignite.apache.orgwww.gridgain.com
Technical documentationapacheignite.readme.io/­docswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationGridGain Systems, Inc.
Initial release20152007
Current release2.16.0, December 2023GridGain 8.5.1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial, open source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageC++, Java, .NetJava, C++, .Net, Python, REST, SQL
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes
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.yesyes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDL
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yes (cache interceptors and events)
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)yes (replicated cache)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsRole-based access control
Security Hooks for custom implementations

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