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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. HBase vs. Hive vs. Linter vs. Weaviate

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTabledata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopRDBMS for high security requirementsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#350  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphhbase.apache.orghive.apache.orglinter.rugithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homeweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by Facebookrelex.ruWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20162008201219902019
Current release2.1, December 20182.3.4, January 20213.1.3, April 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJavaC and C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
All OS with a Java VMAIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes 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 indexesyesnoyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factorSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoquery execution via MapReducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)noACIDno
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users, groups and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
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AgensGraphHBaseHiveLinterWeaviate
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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