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DBMS > AnzoGraph DB vs. FatDB vs. Lovefield vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison AnzoGraph DB vs. FatDB vs. Lovefield vs. Weaviate

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NameAnzoGraph DB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionScalable graph database built for online analytics and data harmonization with MPP scaling, high-performance analytical algorithms and reasoning, and virtualizationA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.23
Rank#307  Overall
#24  Graph DBMS
#13  RDF stores
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitecambridgesemantics.com/­anzographgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.cambridgesemantics.com/­anzograph/­userdoc/­home.htmgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperCambridge SemanticsFatCloudGoogleWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2018201220142019
Current release2.3, January 20212.1.12, February 20171.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC#JavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsLinuxWindowsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeSchema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes 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.nonono
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.no infoVia inetgration in SQL ServerSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsApache Mule
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka
OData access for BI tools
OpenCypher
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Python
C#JavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesyes infovia applicationsnono
Triggersnoyes infovia applicationsUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication in MPP-Clusterselectable replication factornoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsKerberos/HDFS data loadingyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency in MPP-ClusterEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infonot needed in graphsnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, 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.yesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and rolesno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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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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