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System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud TSDB vs. Lovefield vs. NuoDB vs. PieCloudDB vs. Weaviate

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NameAlibaba Cloud TSDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonPieCloudDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA stable, reliable, and cost-effective online high-performance time series database serviceEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA cloud-native analytic database platform with new technologoy for elastic MPPAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.29
Rank#301  Overall
#26  Time Series DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.32
Rank#289  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­hitsdbgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasewww.openpie.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­time-series-database/­latest/­what-is-tsdbgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mddoc.nuodb.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAlibabaGoogleDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.OpenPieWeaviate B.V.
Initial release201420132019
Current release2.1.12, February 20172.1, January 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Go
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safarihosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes, 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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java
PL/SQL
Python
R
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, SQLuser defined functionsno
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDByes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess managed on TSDB instance levelnoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersUser Roles and pluggable authentication with full SQL StandardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Alibaba Cloud TSDBLovefieldNuoDBPieCloudDBWeaviate
Specific characteristicsPieCloudDB, OpenPie's flagship product, is a cutting-edge cloud-native data warehouse....
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesExtreme Elastic: PieCloudDB utilizes a cutting-edge eMPP cloud-native architecture...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosPieCloudDB is ideal for Data mining applications that require extreme scalability...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersSail-Cloud China Shipbuilding Group Haizhou System Soochow Securities ​etc.,
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All 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 modelsPieCloudDB Community Edition: Community License, Free Download, Self-Hosted Deployment;...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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