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DBMS > InterSystems IRIS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SWC-DB vs. Vertica vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. SWC-DB vs. Vertica vs. WakandaDB

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NameInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilitySearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engineWide column storeRelational DBMS infoColumn orientedObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score4.05
Rank#83  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-irisazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
www.vertica.comwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchvertica.com/­documentationwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperInterSystemsMicrosoftAlex KashirinOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett PackardWakanda SAS
Initial release20182015202020052012
Current release2023.3, June 2023V10.5, April 202112.0.3, January 20232.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containersno
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Implementation languageC++C++C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
hostedLinuxLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.yes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.no
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differencesyes
Triggersyesnonoyes, called Custom Alertsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioningnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infoBi-directional Spark integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnononono
User concepts infoAccess controlyesyes infousing Azure authenticationfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hashyes
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InterSystems IRISMicrosoft Azure AI SearchSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™WakandaDB
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesFast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosCommunication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersAbiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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