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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. EsgynDB vs. FeatureBase vs. Graphite vs. Weaviate

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.esgyn.cnwww.featurebase.comgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.comgraphite.readthedocs.ioweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperEsgynMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsChris DavisWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20132015201720062019
Current release2022, May 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaGoPythonGo
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Linux
Unix
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesNumeric 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnonoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL queriesnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
HTTP API
Sockets
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGoAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJava
Python
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDyesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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BoltDBEsgynDBFeatureBaseGraphiteWeaviate
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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