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DBMS > GridDB vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. RDFox

System Properties Comparison GridDB vs. Hazelcast vs. NCache vs. RDFox

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NameGridDB  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable in-memory time series database optimized for IoT and Big DataA widely adopted in-memory data gridOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Document store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.91
Rank#123  Overall
#10  Time Series DBMS
Score5.72
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Websitegriddb.nethazelcast.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdocs.griddb.nethazelcast.org/­imdg/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperToshiba CorporationHazelcastAlachisoftOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2013200820052017
Current release5.1, August 20225.3.6, November 20235.3.3, April 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3 and Apache License, version 2.0 , commercial license (standard and advanced editions) also availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infonumerical, string, blob, geometry, boolean, timestampyespartial 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.noyes infothe object must implement a serialization strategyno
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL92, SQL-like TQL (Toshiba Query Language)SQL-like query languageSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
Triggersyesyes infoEventsyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoReplicated Mapyes, with selectable consistency levelreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsConnector for using GridDB as an input source and output destination for Hadoop MapReduce jobsyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate consistency within container, eventual consistency across containersImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID at container levelone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Roles, resources, and access types
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GridDBHazelcastNCacheRDFox
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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