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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. Dgraph vs. H2 vs. NCache vs. NuoDB

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Distributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitearangodb.comdgraph.iowww.h2database.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comdgraph.io/­docswww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdoc.nuodb.com
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Dgraph Labs, Inc.Thomas MuellerAlachisoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20122016200520052013
Current release3.11.5, November 20232.2.220, July 20235.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyespartial 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptnoJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, SQL
Triggersnonoyesyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0yesnoneyesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorSynchronous replication via RaftWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes infoMVCC
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.yesyesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlyesno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
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Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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