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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. EXASOL vs. ObjectBox vs. RavenDB vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Extremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score1.76
Rank#139  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgwww.exasol.comobjectbox.ioravendb.netgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docswww.exasol.com/­resourcesdocs.objectbox.ioravendb.net/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationExasolObjectBox LimitedHibernating RhinosWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20122000201720102019
Current release1.20.3, January 20235.4, July 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC and C++C#Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes 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 SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyesnoSQL-like query language (RQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
Proprietary native API.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++Java
Lua
Python
R
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersnoyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesonline/offline synchronization between client and serverMulti-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyes infoHadoop integrationnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardyesAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache DrillEXASOLObjectBoxRavenDBWeaviate
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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