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System Properties Comparison GigaSpaces vs. MonetDB vs. NCache vs. SwayDB

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NameGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsA relational database management system that stores data in columnsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Document store
Spatial DBMS
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
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.gigaspaces.comwww.monetdb.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docs
DeveloperGigaspaces TechnologiesMonetDB BVAlachisoftSimer Plaha
Initial release2000200420052018
Current release15.5, September 2020Dec2023 (11.49), December 20235.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaScala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial 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.no infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL-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
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes, in SQL, C, Rno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyes, event driven architectureyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding via remote tablesyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
none infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnoyesno
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 integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
More information provided by the system vendor
GigaSpacesMonetDBNCacheSwayDB
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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