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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Hazelcast vs. mSQL vs. NuoDB vs. ObjectBox

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA widely adopted in-memory data gridmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.79
Rank#66  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score5.72
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score1.26
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score0.87
Rank#201  Overall
#94  Relational DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orghazelcast.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsdoc.nuodb.comdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHazelcastHughes TechnologiesDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.ObjectBox Limited
Initial release20092008199420132017
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.6, November 20234.4, October 20214.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedcommercial infolimited edition freeBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaCC++C and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes, plus "flex" map-like types
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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyesno
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesnoJava, SQLno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoEventsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infoReplicated Mapnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitednoACID infotunable commit protocolACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyes infoMVCCyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoTemporary tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersyes
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