DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > EDB Postgres vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. KairosDB vs. Lovefield vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison EDB Postgres vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. KairosDB vs. Lovefield vs. Yaacomo

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonKairosDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.A containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityDistributed Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra or H2Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.90
Rank#135  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.62
Rank#239  Overall
#20  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.enterprisedb.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisgithub.com/­kairosdb/­kairosdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldyaacomo.com
Technical documentationwww.enterprisedb.com/­docsdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clskairosdb.github.iogithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.md
DeveloperEnterpriseDBInterSystemsGoogleQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release20052018201320142009
Current release14, December 20212023.3, June 20231.2.2, November 20182.1.12, February 2017
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageCJavaJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
AIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariAndroid
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes
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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyesnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyes
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Graphite protocol
HTTP REST
Telnet API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.yesnono
TriggersyesyesnoUsing read-only observersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeShardingSharding infobased on Cassandranonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infobased on CassandranoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyessimple password-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
EDB PostgresInterSystems IRISKairosDBLovefieldYaacomo
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
» 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
EDB PostgresInterSystems IRISKairosDBLovefieldYaacomo
Recent citations in the news

EDB Puts Postgres in the Middle of Analytics Workflow with New Lakehouse Stack
22 April 2024, Datanami

EDB Is Developing Its Flagship Database Into A Comprehensive Platform For Analytics, AI
27 February 2024, CRN

Key new features and innovations in EDB Postgres 16
1 December 2023, InfoWorld

EDB Closes the High Availability Gap for Postgres in the Cloud with EDB Postgres Distributed on BigAnimal
29 August 2023, GlobeNewswire

EDB Introduces Two New Ways to Get Postgres in AWS Marketplace
28 November 2023, Yahoo Finance

provided by Google News

Unlocking the Power of Generative AI: InterSystems IRIS with Vector Search -
26 March 2024, HIT Consultant

Consultmed to re-platform eReferral software on InterSystems' IRIS for Health - Pulse+IT
30 April 2024, pulseit.news

InterSystems signs deal with Consultmed for ‘replatforming’
1 May 2024, The Medical Republic

InterSystems Expands IRIS Data Platform with Vector Search to Support Next-Gen AI Applications
26 March 2024, Datanami

InterSystems expands InterSystems IRIS data platform with vector search to support next-generation AI applications
16 April 2024, ITWeb

provided by Google News

Expo: Real Time A/B Testing and Monitoring with Spark Streaming and Kafka at Walmart Labs
24 May 2019, InfoQ.com

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Neo4j logo

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

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

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

SingleStore logo

Build AI apps with Vectors on SQL and JSON with milliseconds response times.
Try it today.

Present your product here