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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. HarperDB vs. NCache vs. TiDB

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonTiDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Ultra-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.Open-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.
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Key-value store
Wide column store
Document storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.97
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score4.66
Rank#70  Overall
#38  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comcloud.google.com/­bigtablewww.harperdb.iowww.alachisoft.com/­ncachepingcap.com
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsdocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.pingcap.com/­tidb/­stable
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesGoogleHarperDBAlachisoftPingCAP, Inc.
Initial release20002015201720052016
Current release15.5, September 20203.1, August 20215.3.3, April 20248.0.0, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetNode.jsC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaGo, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infoJSON data typespartial 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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
GORM
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
SQLAlchemy
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.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
.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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoCustom Functions infosince release 3.1no infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyes, event driven architecturenonoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusteryeshorizontal partitioning (by key range)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Internal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes, with selectable consistency levelUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesnoyesyes infowith TiSpark Connector
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes infofull support since version 6.6
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-row operationsAtomic execution of specific operationsoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights for users and rolesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
GigaSpacesGoogle Cloud BigtableHarperDBNCacheTiDB
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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