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DBMS > IBM Cloudant vs. Lovefield vs. NCache vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison IBM Cloudant vs. Lovefield vs. NCache vs. SurrealDB

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NameIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDatabase as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#203  Overall
#34  Document stores
#18  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachesurrealdb.com
Technical documentationcloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docssurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014GoogleAlachisoftSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2010201420052022
Current release2.1.12, February 20175.3.3, April 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageErlangJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaRust
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP/JSON APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
GraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
JavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLR
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersyes infoNotifications
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a document possibleACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic lockingyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per databasenoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes, based on authentication and database rules
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IBM CloudantLovefieldNCacheSurrealDB
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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