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Compare Apache Ignite and Coherence 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (35.3% of reviews)
Enterprise (66.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Apache Ignite
Star Rating
(17)3.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (35.3% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(12)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (66.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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AI Generated Summary
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- Users report that Coherence excels in its Data Replication capabilities, allowing for seamless data synchronization across distributed systems, while Apache Ignite's replication features are noted to be less robust, leading to potential data consistency issues in complex environments.
- Reviewers mention that Coherence offers superior Performance Analysis tools, providing detailed insights into system performance, whereas users on G2 highlight that Apache Ignite's performance monitoring can be less intuitive, making it harder to diagnose issues quickly.
- G2 users indicate that Coherence's Ease of Use is a significant advantage, with a user-friendly interface that simplifies navigation and management tasks, while Apache Ignite's interface is often described as more complex and less accessible for new users.
- Users say that Coherence's Quality of Support is highly rated, with timely responses and effective solutions, contrasting with Apache Ignite, where reviewers mention that support can be slow and less helpful in resolving technical issues.
- Reviewers mention that Coherence's Data Management features, including its comprehensive Data Schema support, are more advanced, allowing for better organization and retrieval of data compared to Apache Ignite, which some users find lacking in flexibility.
- Users report that Coherence provides better Security features, including robust Role-Based Authorization and Data Encryption, while Apache Ignite's security measures are seen as adequate but not as comprehensive, leading to concerns about data protection in sensitive applications.
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Apache Ignite
No pricing availableCoherence
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Apache Ignite
No trial information availableCoherence
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.8
15
8.3
9
Ease of Use
7.4
16
8.3
9
Ease of Setup
7.8
6
7.8
6
Ease of Admin
7.5
6
8.3
6
Quality of Support
7.1
13
7.4
9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
6.1
6
8.7
5
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
14
7.7
5
Features by Category
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Apache Ignite and Coherence are categorized as Key Value Databases
Unique Categories
Apache Ignite is categorized as Relational Databases, Database Management Systems (DBMS), and Database Monitoring
Coherence has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Apache Ignite
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Coherence
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
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Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
29.4%
Computer Software
17.6%
Financial Services
11.8%
Telecommunications
5.9%
Retail
5.9%
Other
29.4%
Banking
33.3%
Information Technology and Services
16.7%
Hospital & Health Care
16.7%
Financial Services
8.3%
Computer Hardware
8.3%
Other
16.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
Apache Ignite
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Mahesh N.
Verified User in Telecommunications
Since all data in Ignite is off heap you can expect very nice GC profile if you can keep your allocation rates modest. BinaryObject API is useful since you read a field without full object deserialisation and you do not need domain classes present on...
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Banking
Delicate rebalance mechanism. Issue of loading indice in memory on node restart. Wal related opacity in various parameters. Few cache configuration are mutable and few are not.
Coherence
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Daniel M.
Verified User in Banking
Functionallity for cloud caching and performance for Datacaching
Most Helpful Critical Review
sandeep n.
Verified User in Architecture & Planning
coherence is not similar to memcache and is not offering full platform for suites
Mahesh N.
Verified User in Telecommunications
Since all data in Ignite is off heap you can expect very nice GC profile if you can keep your allocation rates modest. BinaryObject API is useful since you read a field without full object deserialisation and you do not need domain classes present on...
Daniel M.
Verified User in Banking
Functionallity for cloud caching and performance for Datacaching
Verified User in Banking
Delicate rebalance mechanism. Issue of loading indice in memory on node restart. Wal related opacity in various parameters. Few cache configuration are mutable and few are not.
sandeep n.
Verified User in Architecture & Planning
coherence is not similar to memcache and is not offering full platform for suites
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