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System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. EsgynDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. PouchDB vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  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 TrafodionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document storeVector DBMS
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Score1.97
Rank#126  Overall
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.mcobject.compouchdb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmpouchdb.com/­guidesweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEsgynMcObjectApache Software FoundationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20142015200120122019
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20198.2, 20217.1.1, June 20191.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaC and C++JavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesyesyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesnoyes 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.nonono infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infovia viewsyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
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++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
JavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsJava Stored ProceduresyesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnonoyes infoby defining eventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication between multi datacentersActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Multi-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationyesnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesyes
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-standardnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache PhoenixEsgynDBeXtremeDBPouchDBWeaviate
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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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 modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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