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System Properties Comparison Hazelcast vs. MaxDB vs. NCache vs. ObjectBox

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NameHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted in-memory data gridA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.46
Rank#61  Overall
#7  Key-value stores
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitehazelcast.commaxdb.sap.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheobjectbox.io
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperHazelcastSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997AlachisoftObjectBox Limited
Initial release2008198420052017
Current release5.3.6, November 20237.9.10.12, February 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial 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.yes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesyesno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyes infoEventsyesyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated MapSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
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.yesnoyesno
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)yes
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HazelcastMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DNCacheObjectBox
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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