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System Properties Comparison Apache Druid vs. Kingbase vs. NuoDB vs. Rockset vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Druid  Xexclude from comparisonKingbase  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen-source analytics data store designed for sub-second OLAP queries on high dimensionality and high cardinality dataAn enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
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Score3.25
Rank#90  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
#7  Time Series DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#257  Overall
#119  Relational DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitedruid.apache.orgwww.kingbase.com.cnwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaserockset.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdruid.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­designdoc.nuodb.comdocs.rockset.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsBeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.RocksetWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20121999201320192019
Current release29.0.1, April 2024V8.0, August 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache license v2commercialcommercial infolimited edition freecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaC and JavaC++C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Linux
Windows
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
hosted
Data schemeyes infoschema-less columns are supportedyesyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesdynamic typingyes 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.noyesnono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL for queryingStandard with numerous extensionsyesRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP RESTGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesClojure
JavaScript
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsJava, SQLnono
Triggersnoyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infomanual/auto, time-basedhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, via HDFS, S3 or other storage enginesyesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACID infotunable commit protocolnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRBAC using LDAP or Druid internals for users and groups for read/write by datasource and systemfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAPI 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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