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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. NSDb vs. VictoriaMetrics vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. InterSystems IRIS vs. NSDb vs. VictoriaMetrics vs. Weaviate

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solutionAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnwww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisnsdb.iovictoriametrics.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsnsdb.io/­Architecturedocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperEsgynInterSystemsVictoriaMetricsWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20152018201720182019
Current release2023.3, June 2023v1.91, May 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaJava, ScalaGoGo
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
Linux
macOS
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes 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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query languagenoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyesnonono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersSource-replica replicationSynchronous replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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EsgynDBInterSystems IRISNSDbVictoriaMetricsWeaviate
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesFlexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosAs a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersAll companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsAs of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsWeaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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