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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. NCache vs. NebulaGraph vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Spark SQL

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSOracles in-memory data grid solutionSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.14
Rank#120  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
www.oracle.com/­java/­coherencespark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencespark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperApache Software FoundationAlachisoftVesoft Inc.OracleApache Software Foundation
Initial release20142005201920072014
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20195.3.3, April 202414.1, August 20233.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++JavaScala
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-freeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.nono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languagenoSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsJDBCIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
C++
Java
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsyes infoLive Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesShardingShardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, with selectable consistency levelCausal Clustering using Raft protocolyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing RocksDByes infooptionallyyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role-based access controlauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationno
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache PhoenixNCacheNebulaGraphOracle CoherenceSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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At our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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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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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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