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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. EsgynDB vs. NuoDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Weaviate

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.73
Rank#229  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#319  Overall
#141  Relational DBMS
Score0.99
Rank#195  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.22
Rank#172  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.89
Rank#138  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitecratedb.comwww.esgyn.cnwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databaseobjectbox.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docsdoc.nuodb.comdocs.objectbox.ioweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperCrateEsgynDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.ObjectBox LimitedWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20132015201320172019
Current release1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen 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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CrateDB Cloud: a distributed SQL database that spreads data and processing across an elastic cluster of shared nothing nodes. CrateDB Cloud enables data insights at scale on Microsoft Azure, AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaC++C and C++Go
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinuxhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, but no triggers and constraints, and PostgreSQL compatibilityyesyesnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.NET
Erlang
Go infocommunity maintained client
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) infocommunity maintained client
Perl infocommunity maintained client
PHP
Python
R
Ruby infocommunity maintained client
Scala infocommunity maintained client
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
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 proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)Java Stored ProceduresJava, SQLnono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBonline/offline synchronization between client and serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infounique row identifiers can be used for implementing an optimistic concurrency control strategyACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.nonoyes infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersyesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
More information provided by the system vendor
CrateDBEsgynDBNuoDBObjectBoxWeaviate
Specific characteristicsThe enterprise database for time series, documents, and vectors. Distributed - Native...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesResponse time in milliseconds: e ven for complex ad-hoc queries. Massive scaling...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenarios​ IoT: accelerate your IIoT projects with CrateDB, delivering real-time analytics...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersAcross all continents, CrateDB is used by companies of all sizes to meet the most...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsThe CrateDB open source project was started in 2013 Honorable Mention in 2021 Gartner®...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsSee CrateDB pricing >
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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