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DBMS > BoltDB vs. OpenQM vs. SQL.JS vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. OpenQM vs. SQL.JS vs. Weaviate

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSPort of SQLite to JavaScriptAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.76
Rank#224  Overall
#32  Key-value stores
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#248  Overall
#114  Relational DBMS
Score1.89
Rank#138  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmsql.js.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2013199320122019
Current release3.4-121.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes 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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
JavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoAPI Keys
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BoltDBOpenQM infoalso called QMSQL.JSWeaviate
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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