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System Properties Comparison GeoSpock vs. NCache vs. OrientDB vs. Quasardb vs. RDFox

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NameGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Distributed, high-performance timeseries databaseHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitegeospock.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorientdb.orgquasar.aiwww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldoc.quasar.ai/­masterdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperGeoSpockAlachisoftOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPquasardbOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2005201020092017
Current release2.0, September 20195.3.3, April 20243.2.29, March 20243.14.1, January 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache version 2commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageJava, JavascriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes infointeger and binaryyes
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 indexestemporal, categoricalyesyesyes infowith tags
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBCIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRJava, Javascriptno
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingyesShardingSharding infoconsistent hashing
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno infocould be achieved with distributed querieswith Hadoop integration
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
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurableCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailRoles, resources, and access types
More information provided by the system vendor
GeoSpockNCacheOrientDBQuasardbRDFox
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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