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System Properties Comparison Microsoft Access vs. NCache vs. PostGIS vs. Raima Database Manager

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NameMicrosoft Access  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosoft Access combines a backend RDBMS (JET / ACE Engine) with a GUI frontend for data manipulation and queries. infoThe Access frontend is often used for accessing other datasources (DBMS, Excel, etc.)Open-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSpatial extension of PostgreSQLRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score104.92
Rank#11  Overall
#8  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­microsoft-365/­accesswww.alachisoft.com/­ncachepostgis.netraima.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.microsoft.com/­en-us/­accesswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docspostgis.net/­documentationdocs.raima.com
DeveloperMicrosoftAlachisoftRaima Inc.
Initial release1992200520051984
Current release1902 (16.0.11328.20222), March 20195.3.3, April 20243.4.2, February 202415, June 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoBundled with Microsoft OfficeOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaCC
Server operating systemsWindows infoNot a real database server, but making use of DLLsLinux
Windows
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial 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.noyesno infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possible
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infobut not compliant to any SQL standardSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
DAO
ODBC
OLE DB
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Delphi
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
VBA
Visual Basic.NET
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functionsyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specification
Triggersyes infosince Access 2010 using the ACE-engineyes infoNotificationsyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesyes infobased on PostgreSQLhorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infobased on PostgreSQLSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
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 or Eventual Consistency depending on configuration
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infobut no files for transaction loggingoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infobut no files for transaction loggingyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoa simple user-level security was built in till version Access 2003Authentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes infobased on PostgreSQLno
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Microsoft AccessNCachePostGISRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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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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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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