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DBMS > Amazon CloudSearch vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Amazon CloudSearch vs. ObjectBox vs. OpenQM vs. Weaviate

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NameAmazon CloudSearch  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA hosted search engine service by Amazon with the data stored in Amazons cloudLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelSearch engineObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.86
Rank#133  Overall
#12  Search engines
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#291  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websiteaws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchgithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.aws.amazon.com/­cloudsearchdocs.objectbox.ioweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAmazonObjectBox LimitedRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2012201719932019
Current release4.0 (May 2024)3.4-121.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++Go
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infowith some exceptionsyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes 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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyes infoall search fields are automatically indexedyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIProprietary native APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infoautomatic partitioning across Amazon Search Instance as requirednoneyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infomanaged transparently by AWSData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyesyes
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 integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlauthentication via encrypted signaturesyesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
More information provided by the system vendor
Amazon CloudSearchObjectBoxOpenQM infoalso called QMWeaviate
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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