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System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. GeoMesa vs. InfinityDB vs. NuoDB vs. Weaviate

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsAn 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
Spatial DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.73
Rank#224  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitecratedb.comwww.geomesa.orgboilerbay.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdoc.nuodb.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperCrateCCRi and othersBoiler Bay Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release20132014200220132019
Current release4.0.5, February 20244.01.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0commercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen 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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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 languageJavaScalaJavaC++Go
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportAll OS with a Java VMhosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes 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 indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes 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 compatibilitynonoyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL 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
Java.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)nonoJava, SQLno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layernonedata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-leveldepending on storage layernoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes
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
depending on storage layerImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
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 strategynoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsACID infotunable commit protocolno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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.nodepending on storage layernoyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagenoStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative UsersAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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CrateDBGeoMesaInfinityDBNuoDBWeaviate
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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