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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. ArangoDB vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Weaviate

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.Highly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document store
Key-value store
Vector DBMS
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score3.32
Rank#90  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgarangodb.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorygithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.arangodb.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookYouTubeInstagram
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffArangoDB Inc.Atos Convergence CreatorsWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2014201220162019
Current release3.11.5, November 202317031.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashoptionalyes 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.noyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes 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.nonoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
LDAPGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
All languages with LDAP bindingsJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptnono
Triggersyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infosince version 2.0Sharding infocell divisionSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication with configurable replication factoryesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyesLDAP bind authenticationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AlaSQLArangoDBAtos Standard Common RepositoryWeaviate
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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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 modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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