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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. DataFS vs. Faircom EDGE vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.FairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#362  Overall
#53  Key-value stores
#155  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgnewdatabase.comwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMobiland AGFairCom CorporationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2014201819792019
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20191.1.263, October 2022V3, October 20201.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaANSI C, C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
WindowsAndroid
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)Flexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes 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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyes infoANSI SQL queriesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++no
Triggersnono, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingProprietary Sharding systemFile partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infowhen using SQLno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyWindows-ProfileFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache PhoenixDataFSFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGEWeaviate
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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