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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. FileMaker vs. LokiJS vs. NCache vs. Valentina Server

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed 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 StoreObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
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
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleAlachisoftParadigma Software
Initial release20161983201420051999
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.3.3, April 20245.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
iOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
JavaScript APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PHPJavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesView functions in JavaScriptno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersnoyesyesyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnonenoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleoptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno 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)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
DgraphFileMakerLokiJSNCacheValentina Server
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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