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DBMS > FeatureBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. InterSystems Caché vs. Weaviate

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonInterSystems Caché  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
Caché is a deprecated database engine which is substituted with InterSystems IRIS. It therefore is removed from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.A multi-model DBMS and application serverAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.featurebase.comwww.intersystems.com/­products/­cachegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.comdocs.intersystems.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsInterSystemsWeaviate B.V.
Initial release201719972019
Current release2022, May 20222018.1.4, May 20201.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageGoGo
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
AIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes 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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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FeatureBaseInterSystems CachéWeaviate
Specific characteristicsWeaviate 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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