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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. EventStoreDB vs. RDFox vs. Rockset vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. EventStoreDB vs. RDFox vs. Rockset vs. Weaviate

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NameAlibaba Cloud TSDB  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA stable, reliable, and cost-effective online high-performance time series database serviceIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.High performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineA 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 modelTime Series DBMSEvent StoreGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.23
Rank#300  Overall
#24  Time Series DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#181  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.22
Rank#305  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#15  RDF stores
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hitsdbwww.eventstore.comwww.oxfordsemantic.techrockset.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­time-series-database/­latest/­what-is-tsdbdevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.oxfordsemantic.techdocs.rockset.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAlibabaEvent Store LimitedOxford Semantic TechnologiesRocksetWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2012201720192019
Current release21.2, February 20216.0, Septermber 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageC++C++Go
Server operating systemshostedLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data and Stringsyesdynamic 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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
HTTP RESTGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
Java
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesreplication via a shared file systemyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess managed on TSDB instance levelRoles, resources, and access typesAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Alibaba Cloud TSDBEventStoreDBRDFoxRocksetWeaviate
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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