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DBMS > NCache vs. OpenSearch vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Sphinx

System Properties Comparison NCache vs. OpenSearch vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Sphinx

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NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOpenSearch  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine forked from Elasticsearch and based on Apache LuceneOracles in-memory data grid solutionOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databases
Primary database modelKey-value storeSearch engineKey-value storeSearch engine
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score16.03
Rank#37  Overall
#4  Search engines
Score1.97
Rank#129  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­opensearch-project
opensearch.org
www.oracle.com/­java/­coherencesphinxsearch.com
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsopensearch.org/­docs/­latestdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencesphinxsearch.com/­docs
DeveloperAlachisoftAmazon Web ServicesOracleSphinx Technologies Inc.
Initial release2005202120072001
Current release5.3.3, April 20242.5.0, January 202314.1, August 20233.5.1, February 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyesno
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.nono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexednoyes infofull-text index on all search fields
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby infoElasticsearch client
.Net
C++
Java
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesnono
Triggersyes infoNotificationsyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyes infoLive Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingShardingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelyesyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnono
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 infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infooptionallyyes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)authentification to access the cache via certificates or http basic authenticationno
More information provided by the system vendor
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Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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OpenSearch is a highly scalable and extensible open-source software suite for search,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Distributed as fully open source under Apache License, Version 2.0 (ALv2), OpenSearch...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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The OpenSearch platform is used across a broad range of search , analytics, and observability...
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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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The OpenSearch Project offers open source software licensed under Apache License...
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