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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. TerminusDB vs. TigerGraph vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgterminusdb.comwww.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#docs.tigergraph.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaDataChemist Ltd.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release2013201820172019
Current release4.1.0, June 202211.0.0, January 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL V3commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Prolog, RustC++Go
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
Data schemeyesyesyesyes, 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query language (WOQL)SQL-like query language (GSQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCJavaScript
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyesno
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorJournaling Streamsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReducenoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoin-memory journalingyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosRole-based access controlRole-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache ImpalaTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistTigerGraphWeaviate
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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