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DBMS > Apache Pinot vs. Newts vs. RRDtool vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. Newts vs. RRDtool vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyTime Series DBMS based on CassandraIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#132  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitepinot.apache.orgopennms.github.io/­newtsoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orggithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikioss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsOpenNMS GroupTobias OetikerWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2015201419992019
Current release1.0.0, September 20231.8.0, 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
OS X
Windows
HP-UX
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesNumeric data onlyyes 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.nono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesnonoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenonoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCHTTP REST
Java API
in-process shared library
Pipes
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
JavaC infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding infobased on CassandranoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
noneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemonyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAPI Keys
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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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