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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. NCache vs. Splunk vs. SQream DB

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreAnalytics Platform for Big Dataa GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSKey-value storeSearch engineRelational 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
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score19.93
Rank#31  Overall
#19  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score89.10
Rank#14  Overall
#2  Search engines
Score0.74
Rank#224  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.splunk.comsqream.com
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunkdocs.sqream.com
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesMicrosoftAlachisoftSplunk Inc.SQream Technologies
Initial release20002016200520032017
Current release15.5, September 20205.3.3, April 20242022.1.6, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Types
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 metadatanonoyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commandsyes
APIs and other access methodsGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST.Net
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C#
Java
PHP
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQLno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesuser defined functions in Python
Triggersyes, event driven architecturenoyes infoNotificationsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding, horizontal partitioningyesShardinghorizontal and vertical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
yesyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnoyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searchingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlyesAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users and roles
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GigaSpacesMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseNCacheSplunkSQream DB
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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