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System Properties Comparison ArangoDB vs. H2 vs. H2GIS vs. NCache

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NameArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Full-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial extension of H2Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Relational DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score8.13
Rank#49  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitearangodb.comwww.h2database.comwww.h2gis.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homewww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperArangoDB Inc.Thomas MuellerCNRSAlachisoft
Initial release2012200520132005
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 infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyespartial 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
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
JavaJava.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsyes infobased on H2no infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infosince version 2.0nonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infobased on H2yes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptnonoyes
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
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on H2Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
More information provided by the system vendor
ArangoDBH2H2GISNCache
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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