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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. RavenDB vs. Teradata Aster vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. RavenDB vs. Teradata Aster vs. Weaviate

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata Aster  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
Teradata Aster has been integrated into other Teradata systems and therefore will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabasePlatform for big data analytics on multistructured data sources and typesAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.92
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgravendb.netgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlravendb.net/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffHibernating RhinosTeradataWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20162014201020052019
Current release2.1, December 20185.4, July 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC#Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free) infodefined schema within the relational store; partial schema or schema free in the Aster File Storeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnonoyesyes 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.nonoyes infoin Aster File Storeno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL-like query language (RQL)yesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript API.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Java
Python
R
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesR packagesno
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replicationyes infoDimension tables are replicated across all nodes in the cluster. The number of replicas for the file store can be configured.yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes infoSQL Map-Reduce Frameworkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
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-standardnoAuthorization levels configured per client per databasefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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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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