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System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. Dgraph vs. InfinityDB vs. Memgraph vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceAn open source graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score3.02
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitekylin.apache.orgdgraph.ioboilerbay.commemgraph.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docsdgraph.io/­docsboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualmemgraph.com/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterFacebookGitHubDiscord
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncDgraph Labs, Inc.Boiler Bay Inc.Memgraph LtdWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20152016200220172019
Current release3.1.0, July 20204.01.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoJavaC and C++Go
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-free and schema-optionalyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes 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 indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)nononoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
Bolt protocol
Cypher query language
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Java.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneSharding infodynamic graph partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftnoneMulti-source replication using RAFTyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID infowith snapshot isolationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnoUsers, roles and permissionsAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesBusiness Source License ensures a future for the Memgraph community MAGE algorithm...
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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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