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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. NCache vs. OrientDB vs. Sqrrl vs. ToroDB

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonSqrrl  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
Sqrrl has been acquired by Amazon and became a part of Amazon Web Services. It has been removed from the DB-Engines ranking.ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Adaptable, secure NoSQL built on Apache AccumuloA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Websitecratedb.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorientdb.orgsqrrl.comgithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperCrateAlachisoftOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPAmazon infooriginally Sqrrl Data, Inc.8Kdata
Initial release20132005201020122016
Current release5.3.3, April 20243.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
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 languageJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaJavaJava
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)LinuxAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilitySQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Accumulo Shell
Java API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
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
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Actionscript
C infousing GLib
C#
C++
Cocoa
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Smalltalk
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)no infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, Javascriptno
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsHooksnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesShardingSharding infomaking use of HadoopSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infomaking use of HadoopSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency infoDocument store kept consistent with combination of global timestamping, row-level transactions, and server-side consistency resolution.Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationship in graphsnono
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 strategyoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDAtomic updates per row, document, or graph entityno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurableCell-level Security, Data-Centric Security, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)Access rights for users and roles
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CrateDBNCacheOrientDBSqrrlToroDB
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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