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Name

Description

NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions

In-memory data structure store, used as database, cache and message broker info

Redis focuses on performance so most of its design decisions prioritize high performance and very low latencies.

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Key-value store info

Multiple data types and a rich set of operations, as well as configurable data expiration, eviction and persistence

Secondary database models

Document store info

with Redis Modules
Graph DBMS info

with Redis Modules
Search engine info

with Redis Modules
Time Series DBMS info

with Redis Modules

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Score	0.96
Rank	#148	Overall
	#73	Relational DBMS

Score	142.91
Rank	#8	Overall
	#1	Key-value stores

Website

www.nuodb.com

redis.io

Technical documentation

doc.nuodb.com

redis.io/documentation

Developer

NuoDB, Inc.

Salvatore Sanfilippo info

Development sponsored by Redis Labs

Initial release

2013

2009

Current release

5.0.5, May 2019

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial info

limited edition free

Open Source info

BSD 3-Clause, commercial license available

Cloud-based only info

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) info

Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C++

Server operating systems

hosted

Amazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows

BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows info

ported and maintained by Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.

Data scheme

yes

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

partial

Supported data types are strings, hashes, lists, sets and sorted sets, bit arrays, hyperloglogs and geospatial indexes

XML support info

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

with RediSearch module

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET

proprietary protocol info

RESP - REdis Serialization Protocol

Supported programming languages

.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby

C
C#
C++
Clojure
Crystal
D
Dart
Elixir
Erlang
Fancy
Go
Haskell
Haxe
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Objective-C
OCaml
Pascal
Perl
PHP
Prolog
Pure Data
Python
R
Rebol
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Scheme
Smalltalk
Swift
Tcl
Visual Basic

Server-side scripts info

Stored procedures

Java, SQL

Lua

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods info

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

data is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written

Sharding

Replication methods info

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

Managed transparently by NuoDB

Master-slave replication info

Chained replication is supported
Multi-master replication info

with Redis Enterprise Pack

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts info

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Strong eventual consistency with CRDTs
Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys info

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts info

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

tunable commit protocol

Optimistic locking, atomic execution of commands blocks and scripts

Concurrency info

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

MVCC

yes

Data access is serialized by the server

Durability info

Support for making data persistent

yes

Configurable mechanisms for persistency via snapshots and/or operations logs

In-memory capabilities info

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

Temporary table

yes

User concepts info

Access control

Standard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users

Simple password-based access control info

Access control lists and SSL are available in the commercial version

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Specific characteristics

Horizontal scale-out, continuous availability, multi-tenant support, ANSI SQL compatible,...
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Redis, benchmarked as the world's fastest database, reduces application complexity,...
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Competitive advantages

NuoDB is a scale-out SQL RDBMS based on a Durable Distributed Caching (DDC) architecture....
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Redis is an in-memory database platform offering native support of wide range of...
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Typical application scenarios

Operational / OLTP database workloads in data centers or public clouds
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Redis powers personalization, real-time fraud detection, IoT, e-commerce, real-time...
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Key customers

Dassault Systemes, Santander, Temenos
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Verizon, Vodafone, Atlassian, Trip Advisor, Jet.com, Nokia, Samsung, HTC, Docker,...
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Market metrics

Fast growing commercial and enterprise customer base IDC Innovators: Dynamically...
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Licensing and pricing models

Subscription-based pricing with free community edition and commercial enterprise...
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The licensing model is subscription based. Redis Enterprise Cloud is priced according...
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