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 > InterSystems IRIS vs. NuoDB vs. Weaviate vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison InterSystems IRIS vs. NuoDB vs. Weaviate vs. Yaacomo

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameInterSystems IRIS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionA containerised multi-model DBMS, interoperability and analytics data platform with wide capabilities for vertical and horizontal scalabilityNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.OpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.54
Rank#84  Overall
#14  Document stores
#10  Key-value stores
#1  Object oriented DBMS
#45  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.intersystems.com/­products/­intersystems-iriswww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
yaacomo.com
Technical documentationdocs.intersystems.com/­irislatest/­csp/­docbook/­DocBook.UI.Page.clsdoc.nuodb.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperInterSystemsDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Weaviate B.V.Q2WEB GmbH
Initial release2018201320192009
Current release2023.3, June 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprisecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC++Go
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
macOS
Ubuntu
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyes, maps to GraphQL interfaceyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy referencesyes
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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesGraphQL is used as query languageyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava, SQLno
Triggersyesyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoTemporary tableyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
InterSystems IRISNuoDBWeaviateYaacomo
Specific characteristicsInterSystems IRIS is a complete cloud-first data platform which includes a multi-model...
» more
Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
» more
Competitive advantagesFlexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
» more
Typical application scenariosAs a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
» more
Key customersAll companies that have data. ​
» more
Market metricsAs of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsWeaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
» 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
InterSystems IRISNuoDBWeaviateYaacomo
DB-Engines blog posts

Meet some database management systems you are likely to hear more about in the future
4 August 2014, Paul Andlinger

show all

Weaviate, an ANN Database with CRUD support
2 February 2021,  Etienne Dilocker, SeMI Technologies (sponsor) 

show all

Recent citations in the news

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

Consultmed moving its e-referral software to InterSystems's IRIS for Health and more briefs
5 May 2024, Mobihealth News

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

InterSystems collaborates with Imagelink Software to accelerate digital transformation for Malaysian government and ...
24 April 2024, PR Newswire

InterSystems Introduces Two New Cloud-Native Smart Data Services to Accelerate Database and Machine Learning ...
11 January 2024, Yahoo Finance

provided by Google News

Dassault Systèmes Announces the Acquisition of NuoDB, a Cloud-Native Distributed SQL Database Leader
25 November 2020, Dassault Systèmes

Deploy the NuoDB Database in Docker Containers
16 October 2017, The New Stack

Big Data Product Watch 1/31/17: No-Cost NuoDB, GPU Analytics, Cloud Object Storage, More -- ADTmag
31 January 2017, ADT Magazine

NuoDB empowers distributed database users to optimize cloud and container resources with new graphical dashboard
10 April 2018, Daily Host News

Temenos Benchmarks Cloud-Native Digital Banking Software AWS
21 November 2019, Temenos

provided by Google News

Build enterprise-ready generative AI solutions with Cohere foundation models in Amazon Bedrock and Weaviate vector ...
24 January 2024, AWS Blog

Weaviate Partners with Snowflake to Bring Secure GenAI to Snowpark Container Services
8 February 2024, Datanami

Weaviate Partners with Snowflake to Bring Secure GenAI to Snowpark Container Services
9 February 2024, AiThority

Foley Represents Cortical Ventures in $50M Series B Round for Weaviate
17 December 2023, Foley & Lardner LLP

Getting Started with Weaviate: A Beginner's Guide to Search with Vector Databases
18 July 2023, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

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

Neo4j logo

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

Milvus logo

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

Present your product here