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System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Cachelot.io vs. Kingbase vs. NCache vs. ObjectBox

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesIn-memory caching systemAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.45
Rank#262  Overall
#123  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitebigobject.iocachelot.iowww.kingbase.com.cnwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheobjectbox.io
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.BeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.AlachisoftObjectBox Limited
Initial release20152015199920052017
Current releaseV8.0, August 20215.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicensecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C and JavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyespartial 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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoStandard with numerous extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsfluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Memcached protocolADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuanouser defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnonoyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyesyes, with selectable consistency levelonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonenoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesnoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes
More information provided by the system vendor
BigObjectCachelot.ioKingbaseNCacheObjectBox
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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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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