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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. GreptimeDB vs. Heroic vs. NCache

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.ehcache.orggreptime.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.greptime.comspotify.github.io/­heroicwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGreptime Inc.SpotifyAlachisoft
Initial release2009202220142005
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaRustJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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 indexesnoyesyes infovia Elasticsearchyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsJCachegRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoPythonnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryesyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoSimple rights management via user accountsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
More information provided by the system vendor
EhcacheGreptimeDBHeroicNCache
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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