Edition Comparison
NCache offers a comprehensive feature set across various editions, including OSS, PRO, and ENT, with support for diverse platforms and integrations as discussed below.
Feature Comparison
| Feature Comparison | OSS | PRO | ENT |
|---|---|---|---|
| - .NET (Win, Linux) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Java (Win, Linux) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Python (Win, Linux) (New) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Node.js (Win, Linux) | Yes | Yes | |
| Cache Server | |||
| - .NET | Yes | Yes | |
| - Java | Yes | Yes | |
| Caching Topologies | |||
| - Number of Clients | Max 2 Nodes | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| - Local Cache | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Client Cache (Boost Performance) | Yes | ||
| - Mirrored Cache | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Replicated Cache | Yes | Yes | |
| - Partitioned Cache | Yes | Yes | |
| - Partition-Replica Cache - Sync/Async Replication - Stop Repartitioning for Scheduled Maintenance - LIVE Split-Brain Detection and Recovery |
Yes | ||
| - Distributed/Shared Persistence | Yes | ||
| - WAN Replication (Bridge Topology) | |||
| - LIVE Software Upgrade | Yes | ||
| - Nagle Algorithm in Cluster (Boost Performance) | Yes | ||
| - Other High Availability Features | |||
| - Cluster Keep-Alive Heartbeat | Yes | ||
| - Client/Server Keep-Alive | Yes | ||
| - Client/Server Command Retries | Yes | ||
| - Client/Server Events Retries | Yes | ||
| - LIVE Graceful Cache Server Stop | Yes | ||
| Cloud Platforms (Azure, AWS, and Others) | |||
| - NCache at Azure/AWS Marketplace (Win, Linux) (BYOL) | Yes | Yes | |
| - NCache through Install (All Clouds) (Win, Linux) (BYOL) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - PaaS Deployment (BYOL) (ASP .NET Website, Kubernetes, AKS, EKS, Docker, etc.) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Distributed Caching Features | |||
| - Basic Operations (Get, Add, Insert, and Remove) | |||
| - Atomic Operations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Synchronous Operations | Yes | Yes | |
| - Bulk Operations (Get, Add, Insert, and Remove) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - JSON API | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Object Manipulation | Yes | Yes | |
| - Querying JSON Data | Yes | ||
| - Meta Data | Yes | ||
| - JSON Serialization | Yes | Yes | |
| - Location Affinity | Yes | ||
| - Async Operations (Add, Insert, and Remove) | Yes | ||
| - Item Versioning (Optimistic Locking) | Yes | ||
| - Pessimistic Locking | Yes | ||
| - Portable Data Types | Yes | ||
| - Compression | Yes | ||
| - Compact Serialization | Yes | ||
| .NET Integrations | |||
| - Entity Framework Core Cache (Through Extension Methods) | Yes | Yes | |
| - LoadIntoCache | Yes | Yes | |
| - FromCache | Yes | Yes | |
| - FromCacheOnly | Yes | ||
| - Entity Framework 6 Cache | Yes | ||
| - NHibernate Cache | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Database Synchronization | Yes | ||
| - AppFabric Wrapper (no code change) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - IdentityServer4 | Yes | ||
| ASP.NET Core Apps | |||
| - ASP.NET Core IDistributed Cache | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - ASP.NET Core IDistributed Cache (Multi-Cache) | Yes | ||
| - ASP.NET Core Sessions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Session Sharing with ASP.NET | Yes | ||
| - Multi-Site Sessions | Yes | ||
| - ASP.NET Core Response Caching | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - ASP.NET Core SignalR Backplane | Yes | Yes | |
| ASP.NET Apps | |||
| - ASP.NET Sessions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - ASP.NET Sessions (Multi-site) | Yes | ||
| - ASP.NET Sessions (Share with ASP.NET Core) | Yes | ||
| - ASP.NET View State | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Grouping View State with Session | Yes | ||
| - Multiple Caches to group the View State | Yes | ||
| - ASP.NET Output Cache | Yes | Yes | |
| - ASP.NET SignalR Backplane | Yes | Yes | |
| - Other Apps (Java/Python/Node.js) | |||
| - Java Web Sessions (Tomcat, JBoss, WebLogic, and WebSphere) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Java Hibernate Cache | Yes | Yes | |
| - JCache | Yes | Yes | |
| - Java Spring Integration | Yes | Yes | |
| - Node.js Web Sessions | Yes | Yes | |
| Pub/Sub Messaging and Events | |||
| - Pub/Sub (Topic Priority) | Yes | ||
| - Pub/Sub (Message Ordering) | Yes | ||
| - Pattern-Based Subscription (Wildcards) | Yes | ||
| - Durable Subscriptions (Exclusive/Shared) | Yes | ||
| - Continuous Query Events | Yes | ||
| - Item Level Events (onUpdate/onRemove) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Cache Level Events (on Add/Update/Remove/Clear Cache) | Yes | ||
| - Custom Events (fired by Clients) | Yes | ||
| Distributed Lucene for .NET (New) | |||
| - Full-Text Search (Distributed Lucene) (.NET) (New) | Yes | ||
| - Geospatial Indexes (Distributed Lucene) (New) | Yes | ||
| - Faceted Search (Distributed Lucene) (New) | Yes | ||
| - Import Lucene Indexes (New) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Backup/Restore Lucene Index (New) | Yes | Yes | |
| Data Expiration and Eviction | |||
| - Absolute Expiration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Sliding Expiration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Least Recently Used (LRU) Eviction | Yes | ||
| - Least Frequently Used (LFU) Eviction | Yes | ||
| - Do Not Evict Option | Yes | ||
| Cache Management (Win, Linux) | |||
| - NCache Management Center (GUI) (differences exist w.r.t feature set) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Command Line | Yes | Yes | |
| - Shell Script (Linux) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Hot Apply Config Changes | Yes | ||
| - Cache Management API (.NET) | Yes | ||
| - Cache Management API (Java) | Yes | ||
| - Auto Restart and Join Cluster on Reboot | Yes | Yes | |
| - Port Forwarding (Firewalls and Multi-Site) | Yes | ||
| - Multiple NIC Mapping in Cache Server and Client | Yes | ||
| Cache Monitoring (Win, Linux) | |||
| - NCache Monitor (GUI) | Yes | ||
| - NCache Management Center Counters | Yes | Yes | |
| - PerfMon Counters (Win) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - SNMP Counters | Yes | Yes | |
| - NCache Email Alerts (Template based) | Yes | ||
| - Cluster Change Events (.NET and Java) | Yes | ||
| - PerfMon Counters Server-side Logging (Win) | Yes | ||
| - API Profiling and Logging (Server-side) | Yes | ||
| - NCache Log Viewer (Win) | Yes | ||
| - Prometheus based Monitoring | Yes | ||
| - Grafana based Monitoring | Yes | ||
| Security | |||
| - Active Directory/LDAP Authentication | Yes | ||
| - Authorization | Yes | ||
| - Encryption (3DES128-192, AES128-192-256, FIPS) | Yes | ||
| - TLS 1.2 for Clients and Servers | Yes | ||
| - Two Domain Controllers Support | Yes | ||
| - Support for HTTPS (NCache Management Centre) (New) | Yes | ||
| SQL Search Cache | |||
| - SQL Queries | Yes | ||
| - LINQ Queries | Yes | ||
| - SQL Queries on Tags | Yes | ||
| - SQL QUeries on Named Tags | Yes | ||
| - SQL Queries on Groups | Yes | ||
| - Indexing Object Attributes for SQL and LINQ | Yes | ||
| - Indexing Object Attributes for LINQ | Yes | ||
| - Indexing Object Attributes thru Annotations (New) | Yes | ||
| - Indexing JSON Documents for SQL and LINQ | Yes | ||
| - Nullable Support in SQL Queries (New) | Yes | ||
| Read-Through, Write-Through and Write-Behind Cache (.NET, Java) | |||
| - Read-Through Provider | Yes | ||
| - Auto-Reload at Expiration/DB Sync | Yes | ||
| - Write-Through Provider | Yes | ||
| - Write-Behind (Async) | Yes | ||
| Cache Loader/Refresher | |||
| - Cache Loader (Distributed) | Yes | ||
| - Cache Refresher (Distributed) | Yes | ||
| Distributed Data Structures | |||
| - Counter | Yes | ||
| - List | Yes | ||
| - Dictionary | Yes | ||
| - Queue | Yes | ||
| - Set | Yes | ||
| Synchronize Cache with Database | |||
| - SQL Dependency (SQL Server Events) | Yes | ||
| - Oracle Dependency (Oracle DB Events) | Yes | ||
| - Notify Extensible Dependency (Custom DB Events) | Yes | ||
| - Extensible Dependency (Normal/Bulk) (Polling) | Yes | ||
| - CLR Database Procedures (SQL Server) | Yes | ||
| Data Relationships in Cache | |||
| - Key Based Dependency | Yes | ||
| - File Based Dependency | Yes | ||
| - Multi-Cache Key Dependency | Yes | ||
| - Cache Sync Dependency | Yes | ||
| Big Data Processing and Analytics | |||
| - MapReduce (Deprecated) | Yes | ||
| - Aggregator (Deprecated) | Yes | ||
| - Entry Processor | Yes | ||
| Cache Persistence (New) | |||
| - In-Memory Cache with Persistence (New) | Yes | ||
| Client Packages (.NET, Java, and Node.js) | |||
| - NuGet (SDK) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - NuGet (Sessions) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - NuGet (IDistributedCache) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - NuGet (NHibernate) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - NuGet (SignalR) | Yes | Yes | |
| - NuGet (EF Core) | Yes | Yes | |
| - NuGet (Lucene) | Yes | Yes | |
| - NuGet (LINQ) | Yes | ||
| - NuGet (EF6) | Yes | ||
| - Maven (Java) (Client) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Maven (Java) (Sessions) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Maven (Java) (Spring) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Maven (Java) (Hibernate) | Yes | Yes | |
| - npm (Node.js) (Client) | Yes | Yes | |
| - npm (Node.js) (Sessions) | Yes | Yes | |
| Licensing and Support | |||
| - Licensing | Free | Licensed | Licensed |
| - Support (Email, Phone, Office Hours) | Public Forum, no SLA | Yes | Yes |
| - Maintenance (Upgrades, Public Patches, and Bug Fixes) | Yes | Yes | |
| - Maintenance (Custom and Private Patches) | Yes | ||
| - 24x7 Support (1 -hour SLA) | Free | Licensed | Licensed |
