DBMS > AgensGraph vs. ArangoDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. ArangoDB vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. Weaviate

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Name

Description

Multi-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQL

Native multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.

Cloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.

Globally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database service

An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.

Primary database model

Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine

Document store

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store

Vector DBMS

Secondary database models

Spatial DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	0.16
Rank	#333	Overall
	#30	Graph DBMS
	#146	Relational DBMS

Score	3.77
Rank	#87	Overall
	#15	Document stores
	#5	Graph DBMS
	#12	Key-value stores
	#10	Search engines

Score	15.00
Rank	#39	Overall
	#6	Document stores

Score	29.85
Rank	#27	Overall
	#4	Document stores
	#2	Graph DBMS
	#3	Key-value stores
	#3	Wide column stores

Score	1.89
Rank	#138	Overall
	#4	Vector DBMS

Website

bitnine.net/agensgraph

arangodb.com

firebase.google.com/products/realtime-database

azure.microsoft.com/services/cosmos-db

github.com/weaviate/weaviate
weaviate.io

Technical documentation

bitnine.net/documentation

docs.arangodb.com

firebase.google.com/docs/database

learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db

weaviate.io/developers/weaviate

Social network pages

Developer

Bitnine Global Inc.

ArangoDB Inc.

Google

acquired by Google 2014

Microsoft

Weaviate B.V.

Initial release

2016

2012

2014

2019

Current release

2.1, December 2018

3.11.5, November 2023

1.19, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache License 2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) available

commercial

Open Source

commercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

C++

Server operating systems

Linux
OS X
Windows

hosted

Data scheme

depending on used data model

schema-free

automatically recognizes schema within a collection

schema-free

yes, maps to GraphQL interface

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, double, boolean, list, hash

yes

JSON types

yes

string, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

All properties auto-indexed by default

yes

all data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

SQL-like query language

GraphQL is used as query language

APIs and other access methods

Cypher Query Language
JDBC

AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream

Android
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API

DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API

GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

C
Java
JavaScript
Python

C#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust

Java
JavaScript
Objective-C

.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python

JavaScript / TypeScript
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

JavaScript

limited functionality with using 'rules'

JavaScript

Triggers

Callbacks are triggered when data changes

JavaScript

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

no, but can be realized using table inheritance

Sharding

since version 2.0

Sharding

Implicit feature of the cloud service

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Source-replica replication

Source-replica replication with configurable replication factor

yes

Implicit feature of the cloud service

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

can be done with stored procedures in JavaScript

with Hadoop integration

Integration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

configurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)

Eventual Consistency

if the client is offline
Immediate Consistency

if the client is online

Bounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Consistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

yes

Multi-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partition

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

yes

yes, based on authentication and database rules

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

Consolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenarios

Native multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customers

Cisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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All companies that have data.
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Market metrics

ArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing models

Very permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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