DB-EnginesExtremeDB: the mission critical dbmsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > NCache vs. RavenDB

System Properties Comparison NCache vs. RavenDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Our visitors often compare NCache and RavenDB with Redis, Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameNCache  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document Database
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.40
Rank#188  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.02
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
Websitewww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheravendb.net
Technical documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsravendb.net/­docs
DeveloperAlachisoftHibernating Rhinos
Initial release20052010
Current release5.3, September 20225.4, July 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datepartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counterno
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.no
Secondary indexesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.SQL-like query language (RQL)
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresno infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyes
Triggersyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Default ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID, Cluster-wide transaction available
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Authorization levels configured per client per database
More information provided by the system vendor
NCacheRavenDB
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
» more
Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
» more
Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
» more
Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
» more
Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
NCacheRavenDB
Recent citations in the news

How to use NCache in ASP.Net Core
25 February 2019, InfoWorld

Velocity: Microsoft's Distributed In-Memory Cache
4 June 2008, InfoQ.com

Exploring Huge Demand of SharePoint Consulting Service Market 2022: Analysis by Industry Growth Rate, Future D
2 January 2023, openPR

Distributed Caching and Scalability
17 August 2015, learn.microsoft.com

New SharePoint Meeting Manager with template-based Meeting Minutes announced by Layer2
29 September 2009, openPR

provided by Google News

2023, NoSQL Databases Software Market Size and Share Analysis ...
25 September 2023, Digital Journal

RavenDB Welcomes David Baruc as Chief Revenue Officer ...
13 June 2023, PR Newswire

Oren Eini on RavenDB, Including Consistency Guarantees and C# ...
23 May 2022, InfoQ.com

Interview with RavenDB Founder Oren Eini
31 August 2020, InfoQ.com

RavenDB, one of the world's most innovative NoSQL Database, is ...
24 March 2022, PR Newswire

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

.net Developer with Message Brokers
Capgemini, Remote

HR Executive (Software Export House)
Diyatech Corp., Dallas, TX

Digital Marketing Operations Manager (Software Export House)
Diyatech Corp., Dallas, TX

Software Product Marketing & Biz Dev Executive (US/Euro Mkts)
Diyatech Corp., Dallas, TX

HR Executive (Software Export House)
Alachisoft, Dallas, TX

C# Embedded Developer
Snap-on Inc, Tustin, CA

Full Stack Developer
AES Drilling Fluids, Houston, TX

Senior Sitecore Developer
Optizm Global, Remote

Developer on Test II
Performant Financial Corporation, Remote

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Present your product here