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DBMS > MarkLogic vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. NCache vs. OushuDB vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison MarkLogic vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. NCache vs. OushuDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOperational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Search engineKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.18
Rank#63  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#7  Search engines
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.10
Rank#355  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.progress.com/­marklogicazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.progress.com/­marklogic/­documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.oushu.com/­documentationvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperMarkLogic Corp.MicrosoftAlachisoftOushuParadigma Software
Initial release2001201520051999
Current release11.0, December 2022V15.3.3, April 20244.0.1, August 20205.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial 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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL92noSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.Full-featured ANSI SQL supportyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
RESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesyes
Triggersyesnoyes infoNotificationsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyesyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes, with selectable consistency level
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsnoyesHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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, with Range Indexesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsyes infousing Azure authenticationAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Kerberos, SSL and role based accessfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
MarkLogicMicrosoft Azure AI SearchNCacheOushuDBValentina Server
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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