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DBMS > CrateDB vs. gStore vs. jBASE vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison CrateDB vs. gStore vs. jBASE vs. Weaviate

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NameCrateDB  Xexclude from comparisongStore  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed Database based on LuceneA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn 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
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Multivalue DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.71
Rank#227  Overall
#37  Document stores
#5  Spatial DBMS
#16  Search engines
#19  Time Series DBMS
#10  Vector DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitecratedb.comen.gstore.cnwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationcratedb.com/­docsen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperCrateRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Weaviate B.V.
Initial release2013201619912019
Current release1.2, November 20235.71.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSDcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Go
Server operating systemsAll Operating Systems, including Kubernetes with CrateDB Kubernetes Operator supportLinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesoptionalyes 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 indexesyesyes 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 compatibilitynoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
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
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions (Javascript)yesyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesConfigurable replication on table/partition-levelyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Read-after-write consistency on record level
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
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 strategyyesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAPI 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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