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NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSpatial extension of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.25
Rank#187  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score30.22
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachepostgis.net
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docspostgis.net/­documentation
DeveloperAlachisoft
Initial release20052005
Current release5.2, April 20213.3.2, November 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPL v2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.noyes
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRuser defined functions
Triggersyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno
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 Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)yes infobased on PostgreSQL
More information provided by the system vendor
NCachePostGIS
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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