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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. Qdrant vs. Quasardb vs. Solr vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Qdrant vs. Quasardb vs. Solr vs. Weaviate

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMSTime Series DBMSSearch engineVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.16
Rank#333  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#171  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.19
Rank#327  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score44.28
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score1.89
Rank#138  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
quasar.aisolr.apache.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationqdrant.tech/­documentationdoc.quasar.ai/­mastersolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.QdrantquasardbApache Software FoundationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20162021200920062019
Current release2.1, December 20183.14.1, January 20249.5.0, February 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCRustC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyes infointeger and binaryyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyes 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 indexesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyes infowith tagsyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava pluginsno
Triggersnonoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceShardingSharding infoconsistent hashingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationCollection-level replicationSource-replica replication with selectable replication factoryesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationspark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoTransient modeyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardKey-based authenticationCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailyesAPI 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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