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DBMS > Citus vs. NCache vs. OrigoDB vs. Rockset vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison Citus vs. NCache vs. OrigoDB vs. Rockset vs. TerarkDB

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NameCitus  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.15
Rank#117  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitewww.citusdata.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorigodb.comrockset.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdocs.citusdata.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsorigodb.com/­docsdocs.rockset.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperAlachisoftRobert Friberg et alRocksetByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release201020052009 infounder the name LiveDB20192016
Current release8.1, December 20185.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterUser defined using .NET types and collectionsdynamic typingno
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.yes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalitynono infocan be achieved using .NETno infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP RESTC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.NetGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.no infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesnono
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsyes infoDomain Eventsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedAutomatic shardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensionsyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role based authorizationAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno
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CitusNCacheOrigoDBRocksetTerarkDB
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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