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System Properties Comparison Hypertable vs. Kinetica vs. NCache vs. StarRocks vs. Vertica

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NameHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score10.06
Rank#42  Overall
#26  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.kinetica.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.starrocks.iowww.vertica.com
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.comwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperHypertable Inc.KineticaAlachisoftThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023OpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release20092012200520202005
Current release0.9.8.11, March 20167.1, August 20215.3.3, April 20242.5.3, March 202312.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
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Implementation languageC++C, C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++, JavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
LinuxLinux
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial 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 indexesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functionsyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnoyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeyes infoNotificationsnoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyeshorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)horizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesnono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles on table levelAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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HypertableKineticaNCacheStarRocksVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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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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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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