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DBMS > EventStoreDB vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. NCache vs. Prometheus vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. Microsoft SQL Server vs. NCache vs. Prometheus vs. ToroDB

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Microsofts flagship relational DBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelEvent StoreRelational DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.10
Rank#179  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comwww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-serverwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheprometheus.iogithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-serverwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedMicrosoftAlachisoft8Kdata
Initial release20121989200520152016
Current release21.2, February 2021SQL Server 2022, November 20225.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaGoJava
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterNumeric data onlyyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.yesnono infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javano infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationyesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infoby FederationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
noneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)noAccess rights for users and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
EventStoreDBMicrosoft SQL ServerNCachePrometheusToroDB
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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