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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Faircom DB vs. GridGain vs. InfluxDB vs. Lovefield

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACE  Xexclude from comparisonGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsNative high-speed multi-model DBMS for relational and key-value store data simultaneously accessible through SQL and NoSQL APIs.GridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScript
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Columnar
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.18
Rank#314  Overall
#45  Key-value stores
#141  Relational DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#150  Overall
#1  Columnar
#26  Key-value stores
#2  Object oriented DBMS
#69  Relational DBMS
Score22.12
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#306  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-dbwww.gridgain.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefield
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-7446ae34-a1a7-c843-c894-d5322e395184.htmlwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmldocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGFairCom CorporationGridGain Systems, Inc.Google
Initial release20091979200720132014
Current release3.10.0, March 2022V13, July 2024GridGain 8.5.12.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercial, open sourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaANSI C, C++Java, C++, .Net, Python, REST, SQLGoJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
QNX
SCO
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows infoeasily portable to other OSs
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Linux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeschema free, schema optional, schema required, partial schema,yesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, ANSI SQL Types, JSON, typed binary structuresyesNumeric data and Stringsyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, ANSI SQL with proprietary extensionsANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder pattern
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
Direct SQL
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful MQTT/JSON API
RPC
HDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js and browser)
PHP
Python
Visual Basic
C#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++yes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)nono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesyes (cache interceptors and events)noUsing read-only observers
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerFile partitioning, horizontal partitioning, sharding infoCustomizable business rules for table partitioningShardingSharding infoin enterprise version onlynone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes, configurable to be parallel or serial, synchronous or asynchronous, uni-directional or bi-directional, ACID-consistent or eventually consistent (with custom conflict resolution).yes (replicated cache)selectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)nono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Tunable consistency per server, database, table, and transaction
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcetunable from ACID to Eventually ConsistentACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachYes, tunable from durable to delayed durability to in-memoryyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Database
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDB
User concepts infoAccess controlnoFine grained access rights according to SQL-standard with additional protections for filesRole-based access control
Security Hooks for custom implementations
simple rights management via user accountsno
More information provided by the system vendor
EhcacheFaircom DB infoformerly c-treeACEGridGainInfluxDBLovefield
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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