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System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. Datomic vs. Solr vs. TinkerGraph vs. Weaviate

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonDatomic  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAll data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.Datomic builds on immutable values, supports point-in-time queries and uses 3rd party systems for durabilityA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSSearch engineGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.59
Rank#150  Overall
#69  Relational DBMS
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.datomic.comsolr.apache.orgtinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlingithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdocs.datomic.comsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperMobiland AGCognitectApache Software FoundationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20182012200620092019
Current release1.1.263, October 20221.0.6735, June 20239.6.0, April 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJava, ClojureJavaJavaGo
Server operating systemsWindowsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingyesyes 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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexednoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSolr Parallel SQL InterfacenoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
RESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop 3GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
Clojure
Java
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Groovy
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoTransaction FunctionsJava pluginsnono
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedBy using transaction functionsyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone infoBut extensive use of caching in the application peersyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic lockingnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing external storage systems (e.g. Cassandra, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Couchbase and others)yesoptionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes inforecommended only for testing and developmentyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfilenoyesnoAPI Keys
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DataFSDatomicSolrTinkerGraphWeaviate
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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