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System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. NCache vs. Sadas Engine vs. TerminusDB

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Document store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orgwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.sadasengine.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAlachisoftSADAS s.r.l.DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2001200520062018
Current release2.7.2, June 20235.3.3, April 20248.011.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnoyes
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioningGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardRole-based access control
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HyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBNCacheSadas EngineTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
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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