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DBMS > BoltDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. NCache vs. OrigoDB

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. IBM Cloudant vs. NCache vs. OrigoDB

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA fully ACID in-memory object graph database
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#19  Document stores
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorigodb.com
Technical documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014AlachisoftRobert Friberg et al
Initial release2013201020052009 infounder the name LiveDB
Current release5.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoErlangC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterUser defined using .NET types and collections
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.nononono infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Supported programming languagesGoC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersnoyesyes infoNotificationsyes infoDomain Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronized
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononodepending on model
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesno infoatomic operations within a document possibleoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead log
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role based authorization
More information provided by the system vendor
BoltDBIBM CloudantNCacheOrigoDB
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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