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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Kinetica vs. MonetDB vs. NCache vs. OpenQM

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA relational database management system that stores data in columnsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMS
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeMultivalue DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.69
Rank#237  Overall
#34  Key-value stores
Score0.74
Rank#229  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score1.78
Rank#149  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score1.21
Rank#181  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.38
Rank#278  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.kinetica.comwww.monetdb.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qm
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperKineticaMonetDB BVAlachisoftRocket Software, originally Martin Phillips
Initial release20132012200420051993
Current release7.1, August 2021Dec2023 (11.49), December 20235.3, September 20223.4-12
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++CC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes infowith some exceptions
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGoC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes, in SQL, C, Rno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyesyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding via remote tablesyesyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes, with selectable consistency levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles on table levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights can be defined down to the item level
More information provided by the system vendor
BoltDBKineticaMonetDBNCacheOpenQM infoalso called QM
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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