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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. NuoDB vs. Oracle Coherence

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. NuoDB vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted in-memory data gridOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­bolthazelcast.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdoc.nuodb.comdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperHazelcastAlachisoftDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Oracle
Initial release20132008200520132007
Current release5.3.6, November 20235.3.3, April 202414.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infolimited edition freecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++Java
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesno
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, SQLno
Triggersnoyes infoEventsyes infoNotificationsyesyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoReplicated Mapyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID infotunable commit protocolconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infooptionally
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersauthentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
BoltDBHazelcastNCacheNuoDBOracle Coherence
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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