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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. Graph Engine vs. NCache vs. VelocityDB

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonGraph Engine infoformer name: Trinity  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsA distributed in-memory data processing engine, underpinned by a strongly-typed RAM store and a general distributed computation engineOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Key-value storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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
Score0.61
Rank#240  Overall
#21  Graph DBMS
#35  Key-value stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comwww.graphengine.iowww.alachisoft.com/­ncachevelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlwww.graphengine.io/­docs/­manualwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesMicrosoftAlachisoftVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2000201020052011
Current release15.5, September 20205.3.3, April 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .Net.NET and CC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
.NETLinux
Windows
Any that supports .NET
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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C#
C++
F#
Visual Basic
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyes, event driven architecturenoyes infoNotificationsCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesoptional: either by committing a write-ahead log (WAL) to the local persistent storage or by dumping the memory to a persistent storageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Based on Windows Authentication
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GigaSpacesGraph Engine infoformer name: TrinityNCacheVelocityDB
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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