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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. StarRocks vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Dgraph vs. StarRocks vs. Weaviate

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.42
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.39
Rank#155  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.95
Rank#193  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdgraph.iowww.starrocks.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldgraph.io/­docsdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffDgraph Labs, Inc.The Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023Weaviate B.V.
Initial release2014201620202019
Current release3.3, June 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes 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 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.noyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
MySQL protocol
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via Raftyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AlaSQLDgraphStarRocksWeaviate
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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