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System Properties Comparison NCache vs. Quasardb vs. Sphinx vs. SQL.JS vs. WakandaDB

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NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesPort of SQLite to JavaScriptWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelKey-value storeTime Series DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score5.95
Rank#55  Overall
#5  Search engines
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncachequasar.aisphinxsearch.comsql.js.orgwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdoc.quasar.ai/­mastersphinxsearch.com/­docssql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperAlachisoftquasardbSphinx Technologies Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersWakanda SAS
Initial release20052009200120122012
Current release5.3.3, April 20243.14.1, January 20243.5.1, February 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++C++JavaScriptC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infointeger and binarynoyesyes
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 indexesyesyes infowith tagsyes 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 languageSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)yes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedno
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP APIProprietary protocolJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
JavaScriptJavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnononoyes
Triggersyes infoNotificationsnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportednonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replication with selectable replication factornonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyeswith Hadoop integrationnonono
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 ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using LevelDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.no infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTransient modeyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Cryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailnonoyes
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NCacheQuasardbSphinxSQL.JSWakandaDB
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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