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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Machbase Neo vs. NCache vs. Weaviate

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgmachbase.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlmachbase.com/­dbmswww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMachbaseAlachisoftWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2018201320052019
Current release1.1.0, April 2023V8.0, August 20235.3.3, April 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersyesnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasselectable replication factoryes, with selectable consistency levelyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovolatile and lookup tableyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyessimple password-based access controlAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
More information provided by the system vendor
Apache IoTDBMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxNCacheWeaviate
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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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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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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