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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Ehcache vs. EsgynDB vs. IRONdb vs. Weaviate

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonIRONdb  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
IRONdb seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA distributed Time Series DBMS with a focus on scalability, fault tolerance and operational simplicityAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.ehcache.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.circonus.com/solutions/time-series-database/github.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.circonus.com/irondb/category/getting-startedweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGEsgynCirconus LLC.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release20132009201520172019
Current release3.10.0, March 2022V0.10.20, January 20181.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaC++, JavaC and C++Go
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infotext, numeric, histogramsyes 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesSQL-like query language (Circonus Analytics Query Language: CAQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGoJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava Stored Proceduresyes, in Luano
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingAutomatic, metric affinity per nodeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication between multi datacentersconfigurable replication factor, datacenter awareyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate consistency per node, eventual consistency across nodesEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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BoltDBEhcacheEsgynDBIRONdbWeaviate
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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