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System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. EsgynDB vs. Hive vs. Solr vs. Weaviate

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache Trafodiondata warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score61.17
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitecachelot.iowww.esgyn.cnhive.apache.orgsolr.apache.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homesolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperEsgynApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookApache Software FoundationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20152015201220062019
Current release3.1.3, April 20229.6.0, April 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2Open 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 languageC++C++, JavaJavaJavaGo
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic 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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like DML and DDL statementsSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceJava pluginsno
Triggersnononoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersselectable replication factoryesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoquery execution via MapReducespark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reduceno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnooptimistic lockingno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyesyes
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-standardAccess rights for users, groups and rolesyesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Cachelot.ioEsgynDBHiveSolrWeaviate
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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