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DBMS > CockroachDB vs. jBASE vs. LevelDB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. jBASE vs. LevelDB vs. Weaviate

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  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.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeVector DBMS
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Score6.15
Rank#55  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­google/­leveldbgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
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Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9github.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mdweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperCockroach LabsRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)GoogleWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2015199120112019
Current release23.1.1, May 20235.71.23, February 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Illumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalnoyes 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 indexesyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersnoyesnono
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 RAFTShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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CockroachDBjBASELevelDBWeaviate
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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