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DBMS > Cloudflare Workers KV vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HarperDB vs. NCache

System Properties Comparison Cloudflare Workers KV vs. Google Cloud Firestore vs. HarperDB vs. NCache

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NameCloudflare Workers KV  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Firestore  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA global, low-latency, key-value store for applications on Cloudflare with exceptionally high read volumes and low-latency.Cloud Firestore is an auto-scaling document database for storing, syncing, and querying data for mobile and web apps. It offers seamless integration with other Firebase and Google Cloud Platform products.Ultra-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.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.32
Rank#283  Overall
#40  Key-value stores
Score7.85
Rank#51  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cloudflare.com/­developer-platform/­workers-kvfirebase.google.com/­products/­firestorewww.harperdb.iowww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationdevelopers.cloudflare.com/­kv/­apifirebase.google.com/­docs/­firestoredocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperCloudflareGoogleHarperDBAlachisoft
Initial release2018201720172005
Current release3.1, August 20215.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesyesnono
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Implementation languageNode.jsC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemshostedhostedLinux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typespartial 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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST
Proprietary protocol
Android
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart
JavaScript
Kotlin
Python
Rust
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
Python
.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
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes, Firebase Rules & Cloud FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnoyes, with Cloud Functionsnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusteryes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoUsing Cloud Dataflownoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyesAtomic execution of specific operationsoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management. Security Rules for 3rd party authentication using Firebase Auth.Access rights for users and rolesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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Cloudflare Workers KVGoogle Cloud FirestoreHarperDBNCache
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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