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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Axibase vs. GeoMesa vs. Rockset vs. Weaviate

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financewww.geomesa.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.rockset.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAxibase CorporationCCRi and othersRocksetWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20142013201420192019
Current release155854.0.5, February 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScalaC++Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesdynamic 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.nononono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnonoyesall 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.SQL-like query languagenoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP RESTGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnonono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingdepending on storage layerAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationdepending on storage layeryesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnonedepending on storage layerEventual 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-storagenononono
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.yesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AlaSQLAxibaseGeoMesaRocksetWeaviate
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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