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DBMS > EXASOL vs. GridGain vs. Infobright vs. NCache vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison EXASOL vs. GridGain vs. Infobright vs. NCache vs. SAP IQ

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NameEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonInfobright  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteHigh performant column-oriented DBMS for analytic workloads using MySQL or PostgreSQL as a frontendOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.exasol.comwww.gridgain.comignitetech.com/­softwarelibrary/­infobrightdbwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourceswww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperExasolGridGain Systems, Inc.Ignite Technologies Inc.; formerly InfoBright Inc.AlachisoftSAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release20002007200520051994
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.15.3.3, April 202416.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infoThe open source (GPLv2) version did not support inserts/updates/deletes and was discontinued with July 2016Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetCC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial 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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infoKnowledge Grid Technology used insteadyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methods.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Lua
Python
R
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)noyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneyesshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)Source-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoHadoop integrationyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)noyesHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
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.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard infoexploiting MySQL or PostgreSQL frontend capabilitiesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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EXASOLGridGainInfobrightNCacheSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
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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