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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. Badger vs. GigaSpaces vs. JaguarDB vs. NCache

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonBadger  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseAn embeddable, persistent, simple and fast Key-Value Store, written purely in Go.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Key-value store
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#331  Overall
#49  Key-value stores
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitephoenix.apache.orggithub.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerwww.gigaspaces.comwww.jaguardb.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orggodoc.org/­github.com/­dgraph-io/­badgerdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDGraph LabsGigaspaces TechnologiesDataJaguar, Inc.Alachisoft
Initial release20142017200020152005
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 201915.5, September 20203.3 July 20235.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJava, C++, .NetC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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.nonono infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-99 for query and DML statementsA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsJDBCGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
Go.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnonoyes, event driven architecturenoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replicationyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnoyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynoRole-based access controlrights management via user accountsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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Apache PhoenixBadgerGigaSpacesJaguarDBNCache
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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