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System Properties Comparison Firebird vs. NCache vs. Oracle Rdb vs. TiDB vs. Trino

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NameFirebird  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFirebird is an open source RDBMS forked from Borland's InterBaseOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreTiDB is an open source distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It is MySQL compatible and features horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.Fast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQL
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document storeDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
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Score19.46
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.04
Rank#184  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Score4.09
Rank#72  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Score5.28
Rank#61  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.firebirdsql.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlpingcap.comtrino.io
Technical documentationwww.firebirdsql.org/­en/­reference-manualswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stabletrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
DeveloperFirebird FoundationAlachisoftOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)PingCAP, Inc.Trino Software Foundation
Initial release2000 infoAs fork of Borland's InterBase2005198420162012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL
Current release5.0.1, August 20245.3.3, April 20247.4.1.1, 20218.2.0, July 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoInitial Developer's Public LicenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaGo, RustJava
Server operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
server-less infoFirebird Embedded Server
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
Windows
HP Open VMSLinuxLinux
macOS infofor devlopment
Data schemeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesyes
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 indexesyesyesyesyesdepending on connected data-source
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesyesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
C/C++ API
JDBC infoJaybird
ODBC
OLE DB
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPSQLno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnoyes, depending on connected data-source
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioning (by key range)depending on connected data-source
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.depending on connected data-source
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnoyes infowith TiSpark Connectorno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on connected data-source
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infofull support since version 6.6no
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingyes, on a single nodeACIDdepending on connected data-source
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoFeatures a multi-generational MVCC architecture, readers do not block writersyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesdepending on connected data-source
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization conceptAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSQL standard access control
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FirebirdNCacheOracle RdbTiDBTrino
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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TiDB is an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database for modern application...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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- HORIZONTAL SCALING : TiDB grants total transparency into your data workloads without...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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TiDB is ideal for transactional applications that require extreme scalability and...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Block, Pinterest, Catalyst, Bolt, Flipkart, Capcom, Shopee (E-commerce), JD Cloud...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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34K+ GitHub stars 5K+ members in TiDB Community Slack 1K+ community contributors...
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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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TiDB Community : Free open source software (Apache 2.0) TiDB Self-Hosted : Enterprise...
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