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System Properties Comparison NCache vs. Pinecone vs. STSdb vs. TigerGraph

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NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA managed, cloud-native vector databaseKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelKey-value storeVector DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score3.23
Rank#92  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.pinecone.iogithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperAlachisoftPinecone Systems, IncSTS Soft SC
Initial release2005201920112017
Current release5.3.3, April 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedWindowsLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterString, Number, Booleanyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.nonoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
RESTful HTTP API.NET Client APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
PythonC#
Java
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnoyes
Triggersyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)noRole-based access control
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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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