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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. IBM Cloudant vs. InterSystems Caché vs. JaguarDB vs. NCache

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBA multi-model DBMS and application serverPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value Store
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Document storeKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Vector DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document storeDocument 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
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
#13  Vector DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachewww.jaguardb.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncache
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.intersystems.comwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014InterSystemsDataJaguar, Inc.Alachisoft
Initial release20002010199720152005
Current release15.5, September 20202018.1.4, May 20203.3 July 20235.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetErlangC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesC#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedepending on used data modelyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counter
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 metadatanoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsnoyesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
RESTful HTTP/JSON API.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C#
C++
Java
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyesyesnoyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Multi-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationMulti-source replicationyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual 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 dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoOptimistic lockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users, groups and rolesrights management via user accountsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
More information provided by the system vendor
GigaSpacesIBM CloudantInterSystems CachéJaguarDBNCache
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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