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DBMS > FatDB vs. FileMaker vs. NCache vs. PieCloudDB

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. FileMaker vs. NCache vs. PieCloudDB

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPP
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score45.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.37
Rank#271  Overall
#127  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.openpie.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperFatCloudClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleAlachisoftOpenPie
Initial release201219832005
Current release19.4.1, November 20215.3.3, April 20242.1, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
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Implementation languageC#C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsWindowsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial 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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL Serveryes infovia pluginsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#PHP.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions
Triggersyes infovia applicationsyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyesyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes, with selectable consistency levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationssimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)User Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL Standard
More information provided by the system vendor
FatDBFileMakerNCachePieCloudDB
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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PieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Extreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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PieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Sail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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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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PieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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