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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EsgynDB vs. Titan vs. Weaviate vs. YottaDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitedgraph.iowww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titangithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
yottadb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wikiweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviateyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.EsgynAurelius, owned by DataStaxWeaviate B.V.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release20162015201220192001
Current release1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache license, version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate EnterpriseOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, JavaJavaGoC
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Docker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interfaceschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy referencesno
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 indexesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoGraphQL is used as query languageby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetClojure
Java
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingyes infovia pluggable storage backendsSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyes infoRelationships in graphno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
Users and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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DgraphEsgynDBTitanWeaviateYottaDB
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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