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System Properties Comparison Axibase vs. GeoSpock vs. GridDB vs. NCache vs. OrientDB

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NameAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score1.95
Rank#128  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Websiteaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financegeospock.comgriddb.netwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorientdb.org
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.netwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperAxibase CorporationGeoSpockToshiba CorporationAlachisoftOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release2013201320052010
Current release155852.0, September 20195.1, August 20225.3.3, April 20243.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercialOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, JavascriptC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinuxLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestamppartial 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnotemporal, categoricalyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
JDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, Javascript
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoNotificationsHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic shardingShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID at container leveloptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable
More information provided by the system vendor
AxibaseGeoSpockGridDBNCacheOrientDB
Specific characteristicsGridDB is a highly scalable, in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantages1. Optimized for IoT Equipped with Toshiba's proprietary key-container data model...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosFactory IoT, Automative Industry, Energy, BEMS, Smart Community, Monitoring system.
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersDenso International [see use case ] An Electric Power company [see use case ] Ishinomaki...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsGitHub trending repository
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen Source license (AGPL v3 & Apache v2) Commercial license (subscription)
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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