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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Solr vs. Weaviate

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Search engineVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score1.88
Rank#133  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score41.02
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­simpledbatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorysolr.apache.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonAtos Convergence CreatorsApache Software FoundationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20142007201620062019
Current release17039.6.1, May 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaJavaGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinuxAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonooptionalyes 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.noyesyesno
Secondary indexesnoyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesyes 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 SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APILDAPJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
All languages with LDAP bindings.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 proceduresnononoJava pluginsno
Triggersyesnoyesyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationSharding infocell divisionShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationAtomic execution of specific operationsoptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)LDAP bind authenticationyesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AlaSQLAmazon SimpleDBAtos Standard Common RepositorySolrWeaviate
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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