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DBMS > BoltDB vs. Qdrant vs. Rockset vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Qdrant vs. Rockset vs. Weaviate

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeVector DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score0.74
Rank#220  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
rockset.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationqdrant.tech/­documentationdocs.rockset.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperQdrantRocksetWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2013202120192019
Current release1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageGoRustC++Go
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleandynamic typingyes 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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textall fields are automatically indexedyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
HTTP RESTGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesGo.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneCollection-level replicationyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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 controlnoKey-based authenticationAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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BoltDBQdrantRocksetWeaviate
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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