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System Properties Comparison NCache vs. Oracle Coherence vs. Pinecone vs. Realm vs. STSdb

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NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Coherence  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreOracles in-memory data grid solutionA managed, cloud-native vector databaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeVector DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.92
Rank#130  Overall
#22  Key-value stores
Score3.16
Rank#95  Overall
#2  Vector DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oracle.com/­java/­coherencewww.pinecone.iorealm.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­en/­middleware/­standalone/­coherencedocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewrealm.io/­docs
DeveloperAlachisoftOraclePinecone Systems, IncRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019STS Soft SC
Initial release20052007201920142011
Current release5.3.3, April 202414.1, August 20234.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaJavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
All OS with a Java VMhostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounteryesString, Number, Booleanyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nononono
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JCache
JPA
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client API
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C++
Java
Python.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyes infoNotificationsyes infoLive Eventsyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelyes, with selectable consistency levelnonenone
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
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingconfigurableACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infooptionallyyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
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 authenticationyesno
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NCacheOracle CoherencePineconeRealmSTSdb
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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