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System Properties Comparison InfluxDB vs. Lovefield vs. NCache vs. SWC-DB vs. XTDB

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NameInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeWide column storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO packageDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overviewgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
github.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperGoogleAlachisoftAlex KashirinJuxt Ltd.
Initial release20132014200520202019
Current release2.7.6, April 20242.1.12, February 20175.3.3, April 20240.5, April 20211.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++Clojure
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-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 languagelimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JSON over UDP
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languages.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C++Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoin enterprise version onlynoneyesShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlynoneyes, with selectable consistency levelyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoDepending on used storage engineyes infousing MemoryDByesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accountsnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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InfluxDBLovefieldNCacheSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsInfluxData is the creator of InfluxDB , the open source time series database. It...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesTime to Value InfluxDB is available in all the popular languages and frameworks,...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosIoT & Sensor Monitoring Developers are witnessing the instrumentation of every available...
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersInfluxData has more than 1,900 paying customers, including customers include MuleSoft,...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsFastest-growing database to drive 27,500 GitHub stars Over 750,000 daily active instances
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source core with closed source clustering available either on-premise or on...
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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