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DBMS > Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. NCache vs. Oracle Coherence

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. NCache vs. Oracle Coherence

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreOracles in-memory data grid solution
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeKey-value 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
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherence
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherence
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.AlachisoftOracle
Initial release2016201420052007
Current release5.3.3, April 202414.1, August 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnopartial 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JavaScript APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnoyesyes infoNotificationsyes infoLive Events
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
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
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingconfigurable
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes infooptionally
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 releasesnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)authentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authentication
More information provided by the system vendor
DgraphLokiJSNCacheOracle Coherence
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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