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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Kinetica vs. NCache vs. OpenQM vs. OpenSearch

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

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache Lucene
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score16.36
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.kinetica.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmgithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsopensearch.org/­docs/­latest
DeveloperKineticaAlachisoftRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsAmazon Web Services
Initial release20132012200519932021
Current release7.1, August 20215.3.3, April 20243.4-122.5.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC, C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistent
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial 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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGoC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesyes
Triggersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoNotificationsyesyes infoby using the 'percolation' feature
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, all
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDno
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 levelAuthentication 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
BoltDBKineticaNCacheOpenQM infoalso called QMOpenSearch
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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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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The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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