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System Properties Comparison NCache vs. Newts vs. PostGIS vs. Prometheus vs. TinkerGraph

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NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreTime Series DBMS based on CassandraSpatial extension of PostgreSQLOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSGraph 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
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheopennms.github.io/­newtspostgis.netprometheus.iotinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikipostgis.net/­documentationprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperAlachisoftOpenNMS Group
Initial release20052014200520152009
Current release5.3.3, April 20243.4.2, February 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaCGoJava
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounteryesyesNumeric data onlyyes
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.nonoyesno infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noyesnono
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APITinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infoNotificationsnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding infobased on Cassandrayes infobased on PostgreSQLShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandrayes infobased on PostgreSQLyes infoby Federationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)noyes infobased on PostgreSQLnono
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NCacheNewtsPostGISPrometheusTinkerGraph
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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