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System Properties Comparison AnzoGraph DB vs. Apache IoTDB vs. EsgynDB vs. TerminusDB vs. Weaviate

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NameAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#307  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitecambridgesemantics.com/­anzographiotdb.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnterminusdb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperCambridge SemanticsApache Software FoundationEsgynDataChemist Ltd.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release20182018201520182019
Current release2.3, January 20211.1.0, April 202311.0.0, January 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaProlog, RustGo
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)LinuxLinux
Data schemeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes 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 indexesnoyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSPARQL and SPARQL* as primary query language. Cypher preview.SQL-like query languageyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
JDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyesJava Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)ShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusterselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasMulti-source replication between multi datacentersJournaling Streamsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsKerberos/HDFS data loadingIntegration with Hadoop and Sparkyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infonot needed in graphsnoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AnzoGraph DBApache IoTDBEsgynDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistWeaviate
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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