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DBMS > BigObject vs. Galaxybase vs. GeoMesa vs. NCache vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison BigObject vs. Galaxybase vs. GeoMesa vs. NCache vs. Realm

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NameBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedGraph DBMSSpatial DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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
#39  Graph DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitebigobject.iogalaxybase.comwww.geomesa.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacherealm.io
Technical documentationdocs.bigobject.iowww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperBigObject, Inc.Chuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司CCRi and othersAlachisoftRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release20152017201420052014
Current releaseNov 20, November 20215.0.0, May 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaScalaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
LinuxLinux
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesStrong typed schemayesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial 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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-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
Browser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresLuauser defined procedures and functionsnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingdepending on storage layeryesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonedepending on storage layeryes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerEventual 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 tablesyes infoRelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yesyesyes
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.yesyesdepending on storage layeryesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes
More information provided by the system vendor
BigObjectGalaxybaseGeoMesaNCacheRealm
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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