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System Properties Comparison NCache vs. ObjectBox vs. TerminusDB vs. Weaviate

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NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeObject oriented DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Time Series DBMSDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheobjectbox.ioterminusdb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.objectbox.ioterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAlachisoftObjectBox LimitedDataChemist Ltd.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release2005201720182019
Current release5.3.3, April 202411.0.0, January 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC and C++Prolog, RustGo
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noSQL-like query language (WOQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Proprietary native APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnoyesno
Triggersyes infoNotificationsnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelonline/offline synchronization between client and serverJournaling Streamsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yesRole-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
More information provided by the system vendor
NCacheObjectBoxTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistWeaviate
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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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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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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