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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Google Cloud Bigtable vs. Heroic vs. OpenQM vs. Weaviate

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Bigtable  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLGoogle's NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.Time Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store
Time Series DBMSMultivalue DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#92  Overall
#13  Key-value stores
#8  Wide column stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphcloud.google.com/­bigtablegithub.com/­spotify/­heroicwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationcloud.google.com/­bigtable/­docsspotify.github.io/­heroicweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.GoogleSpotifyRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20162015201419932019
Current release2.1, December 20183.4-121.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageCJavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes 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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infovia Elasticsearchyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HappyBase (Python library)
HBase compatible API (Java)
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingShardingyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationInternal replication in Colossus, and regional replication between two clusters in different zonesyesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency (for a single cluster), Eventual consistency (for two or more replicated clusters)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic single-row operationsnoACIDno
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.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Access rights can be defined down to the item levelAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AgensGraphGoogle Cloud BigtableHeroicOpenQM infoalso called QMWeaviate
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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