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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. Altibase vs. Ehcache vs. Lovefield vs. Weaviate

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NameAlibaba Cloud TSDB  Xexclude from comparisonAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA stable, reliable, and cost-effective online high-performance time series database serviceAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.29
Rank#301  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hitsdbaltibase.comwww.ehcache.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­time-series-database/­latest/­what-is-tsdbgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualswww.ehcache.org/­documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAlibabaAltibaseTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGGoogleWeaviate B.V.
Initial release1999200920142019
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20233.10.0, March 20222.1.12, February 20171.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemshostedAIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyesyesyesyes 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoANSI SQL-92noSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JCacheGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Java
JavaJavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnostored procedures and stored functionsnonono
Triggersnoyesyes infoCache Event ListenersUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoby using Terracotta ServernoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infoby using Terracotta Servernoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess managed on TSDB instance levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Alibaba Cloud TSDBAltibaseEhcacheLovefieldWeaviate
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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