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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. NCache vs. PieCloudDB vs. PostGIS

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.databricks.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.openpie.compostgis.net
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperDatabricksAlachisoftOpenPie
Initial release201320052005
Current release5.3.3, April 20242.1, January 20233.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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.yesnoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functionsuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoNotificationsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, with selectable consistency levelyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
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
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)User Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standardyes infobased on PostgreSQL
More information provided by the system vendor
DatabricksNCachePieCloudDBPostGIS
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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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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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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