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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. HarperDB vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL vs. HarperDB vs. Spark SQL vs. STSdb vs. Weaviate

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NameAlibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn online MPP (Massively Parallel Processing) data warehousing service based on GreenplumUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSKey-value storeVector DBMS
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Score0.68
Rank#231  Overall
#105  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hybriddb-postgresqlwww.harperdb.iospark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4github.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­analyticdb-for-postgresql/­latest/­product-introduction-overviewdocs.harperdb.io/­docsspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAlibaba / Pivotal Software Inc. / PostgreSQL Global Development GroupHarperDBApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SCWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20162017201420112019
Current release3.1, August 20213.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20234.0.8, September 20151.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageNode.jsScalaC#Go
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesdynamic schemayesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes 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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnonoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
Perl
Python
R
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
Java
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nonono
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusteryes, utilizing Spark CorenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definednonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesnonoAPI Keys
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Alibaba Cloud AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL infoformer name was HybridDBHarperDBSpark SQLSTSdbWeaviate
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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