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System Properties Comparison Memcached vs. Memgraph vs. NCache vs. Prometheus

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NameMemcached  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory key-value store, originally intended for cachingAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSKey-value storeTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score18.08
Rank#32  Overall
#4  Key-value stores
Score3.19
Rank#94  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.memcached.orgmemgraph.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheprometheus.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­memcached/­memcached/­wikimemgraph.com/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsprometheus.io/­docs
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperDanga Interactive infooriginally developed by Brad Fitzpatrick for LiveJournalMemgraph LtdAlachisoft
Initial release2003201720052015
Current release1.6.27, May 20245.3.3, April 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSD licenseOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCC and C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaGo
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterNumeric data only
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 infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.no
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolBolt protocol
Cypher query language
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoRepcached, a Memcached patch, provides this functionallityMulti-source replication using RAFTyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infowith snapshot isolationoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infousing SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) protocolUsers, roles and permissionsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
More information provided by the system vendor
MemcachedMemgraphNCachePrometheus
Specific characteristicsMemgraph directly connects to your streaming infrastructure so you and your team...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosGraph algorithms in bioinformatics Social network analysis Cryptocurrency network...
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NCache 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 modelsYou can check out our pricing model and licenses on the company website .
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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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