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System Properties Comparison Apache Impala vs. Axibase vs. BigObject vs. EventStoreDB vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Impala  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonBigObject  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAnalytic DBMS for HadoopScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationAnalytic DBMS for real-time computations and queriesIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infoa hierachical model (tree) can be imposedEvent StoreVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
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Score13.77
Rank#40  Overall
#24  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#292  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#333  Overall
#147  Relational DBMS
Score1.10
Rank#179  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websiteimpala.apache.orgaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financebigobject.iowww.eventstore.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationimpala.apache.org/­impala-docs.htmldocs.bigobject.iodevelopers.eventstore.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by ClouderaAxibase CorporationBigObject, Inc.Event Store LimitedWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20132013201520122019
Current release4.1.0, June 20221558521.2, February 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidcommercial infofree community edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux infodistributed as a docker-image
OS X infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Windows infodistributed as a docker-image (boot2docker)
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes 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 indexesyesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statementsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
fluentd
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBCGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesLuano
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infoquery execution via MapReduceyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infoautomatically between fact table and dimension tablesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoRead/write lock on objects (tables, trees)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
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 for users, groups and roles infobased on Apache Sentry and KerberosnoAPI Keys
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Apache ImpalaAxibaseBigObjectEventStoreDBWeaviate
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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