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DBMS > DataFS vs. NuoDB vs. Trafodion vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison DataFS vs. NuoDB vs. Trafodion vs. Weaviate

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NameDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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.NuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.09
Rank#360  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitenewdatabase.comwww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasetrafodion.apache.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspdoc.nuodb.comtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperMobiland AGDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.Apache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2018201320142019
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.3.0, February 20191.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsWindowshosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeClasses, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes 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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByes, via HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infotunable commit protocolACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.noyes infoTemporary tablenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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DataFSNuoDBTrafodionWeaviate
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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