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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. GeoSpock vs. NCache vs. STSdb vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. GeoSpock vs. NCache vs. STSdb vs. Weaviate

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphgeospock.comwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4github.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.GeoSpockAlachisoftSTS Soft SCWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2016200520112019
Current release2.1, December 20182.0, September 20195.3.3, April 20244.0.8, September 20151.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageCJava, JavascriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
Windows
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyestemporal, categoricalyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)SQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBCIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRnono
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceAutomatic shardingyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes, with selectable consistency levelnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingnono
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per tableAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)noAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AgensGraphGeoSpockNCacheSTSdbWeaviate
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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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 modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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