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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. JSqlDb vs. Manticore Search vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. JSqlDb vs. Manticore Search vs. Weaviate

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonManticore Search  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesMulti-storage database for search, including full-text search.An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Search engineVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS infousing the Manticore Columnar Library
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.29
Rank#302  Overall
#21  Search engines
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comjsqldb.org (offline)manticoresearch.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestmanual.manticoresearch.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromManticore SoftwareWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2016201820172019
Current release0.8, December 20186.0, February 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++Go
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeFixed schemayes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoInt, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Booleanyes 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.nonoCan index from XMLno
Secondary indexesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptElixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptuser defined functionsno
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factornoneSynchronous replication based on Galera libraryyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoisolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByes infousing RocksDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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BigchainDBJSqlDbManticore SearchWeaviate
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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