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System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. HBase vs. NCache vs. RocksDB vs. TypeDB

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)TypeDB is a strongly-typed database with a rich and logical type system and TypeQL as its query language
Primary database modelKey-value storeWide column storeKey-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS infoOften described as a 'hyper-relational' database, since it implements the 'Entity-Relationship Paradigm' to manage complex data structures and ontologies.
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.65
Rank#85  Overall
#11  Key-value stores
Score0.65
Rank#234  Overall
#20  Graph DBMS
#107  Relational DBMS
Websitecachelot.iohbase.apache.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacherocksdb.orgtypedb.com
Technical documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikitypedb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetAlachisoftFacebook, Inc.Vaticle
Initial release20152008200520132016
Current release2.3.4, January 20215.3.3, April 20248.11.4, April 20242.26.3, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoGPL Version 3, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++Java
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptions to bring your own types, AVROpartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counternoyes
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 indexesnonoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nono
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
C++ API
Java API
gRPC protocol
TypeDB Console (shell)
TypeDB Studio (Visualisation software- previously TypeDB Workbase)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
All JVM based languages
Groovy
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoCoprocessors in Javano infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono
Triggersnoyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyeshorizontal partitioningSharding infoby using Cassandra
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, with selectable consistency levelyesMulti-source replication infoby using Cassandra
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnoyes infoby using Apache Kafka and Apache Zookeeper
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono infosubstituted by the relationship feature
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)optimistic locking and pessimistic lockingyesACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)noyes infoat REST API level; other APIs in progress
More information provided by the system vendor
Cachelot.ioHBaseNCacheRocksDBTypeDB infoformerly named Grakn
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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TypeDB is a polymorphic database with a conceptual data model, a strong subtyping...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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TypeDB provides a new level of expressivity, extensibility, interoperability, and...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Life sciences : TypeDB makes working with biological data much easier and accelerates...
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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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Apache f or language drivers, and AGPL and Commercial for the database server. The...
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