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System Properties Comparison Geode vs. HarperDB vs. Kinetica vs. NCache vs. TerarkDB

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.99
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score0.55
Rank#252  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.69
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.98
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#377  Overall
#58  Key-value stores
Websitegeode.apache.orgwww.harperdb.iowww.kinetica.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.kinetica.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.HarperDBKineticaAlachisoftByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20022017201220052016
Current release1.1, February 20173.1, August 20217.1, August 20215.3, September 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as Gemfirecommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsC, C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
OS X
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schemayesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counterno
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)SQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
C++ API
Java API
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1user defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterShardingyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeAtomic execution of specific operationsnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definableAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
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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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