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DBMS > Drizzle vs. NCache vs. PouchDB vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. NCache vs. PouchDB vs. SurrealDB

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score1.02
Rank#190  Overall
#33  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachepouchdb.comsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docspouchdb.com/­guidessurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerAlachisoftApache Software FoundationSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2008200520122022
Current release7.2.4, September 20125.3.3, April 20247.1.1, June 2019v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaScriptRust
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counternoyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia views
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScriptDeno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRView functions in JavaScript
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.yes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-lounge
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)noyes, based on authentication and database rules
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DrizzleNCachePouchDBSurrealDB
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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