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System Properties Comparison GridGain vs. NCache vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Transbase

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NameGridGain  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGridGain is an in-memory computing platform, built on Apache IgniteOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMS
Primary database modelKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.47
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Key-value stores
#72  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.gridgain.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.html
Technical documentationwww.gridgain.com/­docs/­index.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.html
DeveloperGridGain Systems, Inc.AlachisoftOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Transaction Software GmbH
Initial release2007200519841987
Current releaseGridGain 8.5.15.3.3, April 20247.4.1.1, 2021Transbase 8.3, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialcommercial infofree development license
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
HP Open VMSFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI-99 for query and DML statements, subset of DDLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesyes
APIs and other access methodsHDFS API
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes (compute grid and cache interceptors can be used instead)no infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersyes (cache interceptors and events)yes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes (replicated cache)yes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes (compute grid and hadoop accelerator)yesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingyes, on a single nodeyes
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlSecurity Hooks for custom implementationsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
GridGainNCacheOracle RdbTransbase
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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