DBMS > Bangdb vs. Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Hazelcast

System Properties Comparison Bangdb vs. Ehcache vs. Geode vs. Hazelcast

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines

Name

Description

Converged and high performance database for device data, events, time series, document and graph

A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage options

Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processes

A widely adopted in-memory data grid

Primary database model

Document store
Graph DBMS
Time Series DBMS

Key-value store

Secondary database models

Spatial DBMS

Document store

JSON support with IMDG 3.12

DB-Engines Ranking measures the popularity of database management systems
Trend Chart

Score	0.08
Rank	#347	Overall
	#47	Document stores
	#34	Graph DBMS
	#31	Time Series DBMS

Score	4.89
Rank	#67	Overall
	#8	Key-value stores

Score	1.92
Rank	#131	Overall
	#23	Key-value stores

Score	5.97
Rank	#57	Overall
	#6	Key-value stores

Website

Technical documentation

docs.bangdb.com

www.ehcache.org/documentation

geode.apache.org/docs

hazelcast.org/imdg/docs

Developer

Sachin Sinha, BangDB

Terracotta Inc, owned by Software AG

Originally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.

Hazelcast

Initial release

2012

2009

2002

2008

Current release

BangDB 2.0, October 2021

3.10.0, March 2022

1.1, February 2017

5.3.6, November 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

BSD 3

Open Source

Apache Version 2; commercial licenses available

Open Source

Apache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfire

Open Source

Apache Version 2; commercial licenses available

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.

Implementation language

C, C++

Java

Server operating systems

Linux

All OS with a Java VM

the JDK (8 or later) is also required

All OS with a Java VM

Data scheme

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes: string, long, double, int, geospatial, stream, events

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

the object must implement a serialization strategy

Secondary indexes

yes

secondary, composite, nested, reverse, geospatial

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL like support with command line tool

SQL-like query language (OQL)

SQL-like query language

APIs and other access methods

Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API

JCache

Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API

JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API

Supported programming languages

C
C#
C++
Java
Python

Java

.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala

.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

yes

Event Listeners, Executor Services

Triggers

yes, Notifications (with Streaming only)

yes

Cache Event Listeners

yes

Cache Event Listeners

yes

Events

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding (enterprise version only). P2P based virtual network overlay with consistent hashing and chord algorithm

Sharding

by using Terracotta Server

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

selectable replication factor, Knob for CAP (enterprise version only)

yes

by using Terracotta Server

Multi-source replication

yes

Replicated Map

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

yes

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Tunable consistency, set CAP knob accordingly

Tunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)

Eventual Consistency

Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user

Raft Consensus Algorithm

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

yes

supports JTA and can work as an XA resource

yes, on a single node

one or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commited

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes, optimistic concurrency control

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes, implements WAL (Write ahead log) as well

yes

using a tiered cache-storage approach

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes, run db with in-memory only mode

yes

User concepts

Access control

yes (enterprise version only)

Access rights per client and object definable

Role-based access control

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources

Recent citations in the news

Atlassian asks customers to patch critical Jira vulnerability
22 July 2021, BleepingComputer

Critical Jira Flaw in Atlassian Could Lead to RCE
22 July 2021, Threatpost

DZone Coding Java JBoss 5 to 7 in 11 steps
9 January 2014, dzone.com

provided by Google News

This is how much one of the most expensive gems costs at the Tucson gem show
11 February 2024, KGUN 9 Tucson News

Victor I. Cazares Wants NYTW to Call for Ceasefire in Gaza
22 February 2024, Vulture

Reactive Event Processing with Apache Geode
5 July 2020, InfoQ.com

1. Introduction to Pivotal GemFire In-Memory Data Grid and Apache Geode - Scaling Data Services with Pivotal ...
15 November 2018, oreilly.com

Where Does Apache Geode Fit in CQRS Architectures?
18 December 2016, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News

Hazelcast Showcases Real-Time Data Platform at 2024 Gartner Summit
15 May 2024, Datanami

Hazelcast Weaves Wider Logic Threads Through The Data Fabric
7 March 2024, Forbes

Hazelcast 5.4 real time data processing platform boosts AI and consistency
17 April 2024, VentureBeat

Real-Time Data Platform Hazelcast Introduces New Chief Technology Officer Adrian Soars
7 November 2023, Finovate

Hazelcast to Demonstrate Power of Unified Platform for Real-Time and AI Applications at the ...
13 May 2024, WDRB

provided by Google News

Share this page