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DBMS > Cloudflare Workers KV vs. Ehcache vs. GridGain vs. HarperDB vs. Heroic

System Properties Comparison Cloudflare Workers KV vs. Ehcache vs. GridGain vs. HarperDB vs. Heroic

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NameCloudflare Workers KV  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA global, low-latency, key-value store for applications on Cloudflare with exceptionally high read volumes and low-latency.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearch
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document storeTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.39
Rank#274  Overall
#39  Key-value stores
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.55
Rank#150  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#70  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.cloudflare.com/­developer-platform/­workers-kvwww.ehcache.orgwww.gridgain.comwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­spotify/­heroic
Technical documentationdevelopers.cloudflare.com/­kv/­apiwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroic
DeveloperCloudflareTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGridGain Systems, Inc.HarperDBSpotify
Initial release20182009200720172014
Current release3.10.0, March 2022GridGain 8.5.13.1, August 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJavaJava, C++, .NetNode.jsJava
Server operating systemshostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesdynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearch
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like data manipulation statementsno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
Proprietary protocol
JCacheHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Scala
JavaC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)Custom Functions infosince release 3.1no
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersyes (cache interceptors and events)nono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes (replicated cache)yes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAccess rights for users and roles

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