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DBMS > ArcadeDB vs. OpenQM vs. SWC-DB vs. VelocityDB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. OpenQM vs. SWC-DB vs. VelocityDB vs. Weaviate

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NameArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Multivalue DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.10
Rank#358  Overall
#48  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#52  Key-value stores
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitearcadedb.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
velocitydb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.arcadedb.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuideweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperArcade DataRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsAlex KashirinVelocityDB IncWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20211993202020112019
Current releaseSeptember 20213.4-120.5, April 20217.x1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C#Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes 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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsnoSQL-like query languagenoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
.NetGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C++.NetJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonono
TriggersyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
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.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelBased on Windows AuthenticationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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ArcadeDBOpenQM infoalso called QMSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseVelocityDBWeaviate
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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