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DBMS > LokiJS vs. NCache vs. PouchDB vs. Solr vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. NCache vs. PouchDB vs. Solr vs. TigerGraph

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelDocument storeKey-value storeDocument storeSearch engineGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachepouchdb.comsolr.apache.orgwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docspouchdb.com/­guidessolr.apache.org/­resources.htmldocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperAlachisoftApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation
Initial release20142005201220062017
Current release5.3.3, April 20247.1.1, June 20199.6.0, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaScriptJavaC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenopartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counternoyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes
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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesyes infovia viewsyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRView functions in JavaScriptJava pluginsyes
Triggersyesyes infoNotificationsyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesyesspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnooptimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)noyesRole-based access control
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LokiJSNCachePouchDBSolrTigerGraph
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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