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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. EsgynDB vs. HarperDB vs. OushuDB vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  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 TrafodionUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.A data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score0.04
Rank#363  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.harperdb.iowww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgdocs.harperdb.io/­docswww.oushu.com/­documentationweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEsgynHarperDBOushuWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2014201520172019
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20193.1, August 20214.0.1, August 20201.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaNode.jsGo
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesdynamic schemayesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes 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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsFull-featured ANSI SQL supportGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored ProceduresCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusteryesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication between multi datacentersyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyesnoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
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-tenancyfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesKerberos, SSL and role based accessAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache PhoenixEsgynDBHarperDBOushuDBWeaviate
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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