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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. HBase vs. Linter vs. TimesTen vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableRDBMS for high security requirementsIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to OracleAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.95
Rank#127  Overall
#23  Document stores
#60  Relational DBMS
Score30.50
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score0.09
Rank#346  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score1.31
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orghbase.apache.orglinter.ruwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.htmlgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docshbase.apache.org/­book.htmldocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powersetrelex.ruOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005Weaviate B.V.
Initial release20122008199019982019
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 202111 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache version 2commercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
AIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptions to bring your own types, AVROyesyesyes 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 indexesnonoyesyesyes 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 compliantnoyesyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in Javayes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLPL/SQLno
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Source-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpointsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache DrillHBaseLinterTimesTenWeaviate
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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