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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. Faircom EDGE vs. mSQL vs. ObjectBox vs. Weaviate

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.FairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSObject oriented DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score5.73
Rank#58  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#362  Overall
#53  Key-value stores
#155  Relational DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlobjectbox.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmldocs.objectbox.ioweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperCockroach LabsFairCom CorporationHughes TechnologiesObjectBox LimitedWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20151979199420172019
Current release24.1.0, May 2024V3, October 20204.4, October 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercial infoRestricted, free version availablecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoANSI C, C++CC and C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Android
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyesyesyes 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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLyes infoANSI SQL queriesA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++nonono
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTFile partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioningnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logsnoneonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
noneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infowhen using SQLnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.noyesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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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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