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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. Dgraph vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. NCache

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.In-memory JavaScript DBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitecratedb.comdgraph.iowww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docsdgraph.io/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperCrateDgraph Labs, Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleAlachisoft
Initial release20132016198320142005
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageJavaGoJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnopartial 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.nonoyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitynoyes infovia pluginsnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PHPJavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)noyesView functions in JavaScriptno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersnonoyesyesyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesnonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsno infoPlanned for future releasessimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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CrateDBDgraphFileMakerLokiJSNCache
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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