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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. EsgynDB vs. GeoMesa vs. GreptimeDB vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.geomesa.orggreptime.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.greptime.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEsgynCCRi and othersGreptime Inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release20142015201420222019
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20195.0.0, May 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaScalaRustGo
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
LinuxAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes 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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored ProceduresnoPythonno
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdepending on storage layerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication between multi datacentersdepending on storage layeryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.yesnodepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageSimple rights management via user accountsAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache PhoenixEsgynDBGeoMesaGreptimeDBWeaviate
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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