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System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. NCache vs. NebulaGraph vs. ObjectBox vs. Sphinx

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NameLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSObject oriented DBMSSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
objectbox.iosphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.nebula-graph.iodocs.objectbox.iosphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperGoogleAlachisoftVesoft Inc.ObjectBox LimitedSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release20142005201920172001
Current release2.1.12, February 20175.3.3, April 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++C and C++C++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
LinuxAndroid
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeStrong typed schemayesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesno
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 infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.yesyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-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 languagenoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Browser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
Proprietary native APIProprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functionsnono
TriggersUsing read-only observersyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesShardingnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelCausal Clustering using Raft protocolonline/offline synchronization between client and servernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role-based access controlyesno
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LovefieldNCacheNebulaGraphObjectBoxSphinx
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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At our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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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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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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