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System Properties Comparison NCache vs. OrigoDB vs. Rockset vs. TerarkDB vs. Weaviate

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NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Document storeKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorigodb.comrockset.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsorigodb.com/­docsdocs.rockset.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAlachisoftRobert Friberg et alRocksetByteDance, originally TerarkWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20052009 infounder the name LiveDB201920162019
Current release5.3.3, April 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#C++C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterUser defined using .NET types and collectionsdynamic typingnoyes 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.nono infocan be achieved using .NETno infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexednoyes 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.noRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
HTTP RESTC++ API
Java API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.NetGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesnonono
Triggersyes infoNotificationsyes infoDomain Eventsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedAutomatic shardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationyesnoneyes
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 ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynodepending on modelnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoWrite ahead logyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role based authorizationAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolenoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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NCacheOrigoDBRocksetTerarkDBWeaviate
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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