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DBMS > Memgraph vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MySQL vs. Sphinx vs. Splunk

System Properties Comparison Memgraph vs. NCache vs. Percona Server for MySQL vs. Sphinx vs. Splunk

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NameMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MySQL  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSplunk  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreEnhanced drop-in replacement for MySQL based on XtraDB or TokuDB storage engines with improved performance and additional diagnostic and management features.Open source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesAnalytics Platform for Big Data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSSearch engineSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.91
Rank#94  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#196  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score2.06
Rank#118  Overall
#57  Relational DBMS
Score5.97
Rank#56  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score93.02
Rank#13  Overall
#2  Search engines
Websitememgraph.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.percona.com/­software/­mysql-database/­percona-serversphinxsearch.comwww.splunk.com
Technical documentationmemgraph.com/­docswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.percona.com/­downloads/­Percona-Server-LATESTsphinxsearch.com/­docsdocs.splunk.com/­Documentation/­Splunk
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperMemgraph LtdAlachisoftPerconaSphinx Technologies Inc.Splunk Inc.
Initial release20172005200820012003
Current release5.3.3, April 20248.0.36-28, 20243.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availablecommercial infoLimited free edition and free developer edition available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
LinuxFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesnoyes
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.nonoyesyes
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)no infoSplunk Search Processing Language for search commands
APIs and other access methodsBolt protocol
Cypher query language
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocolHTTP REST
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
C#
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesnoyes
Triggersyes infoNotificationsyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infodynamic graph partitioningyesSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
XtraDB Cluster
noneMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonoyes
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
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationships in graphsnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infowith snapshot isolationoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDnono infoA 'Transaction' in Splunk has a different meaning: grouping related events into a single one for later searching
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyesyesyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Users with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesnoAccess rights for users and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
MemgraphNCachePercona Server for MySQLSphinxSplunk
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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