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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. EventStoreDB vs. Pinecone vs. Weaviate

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonPinecone  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.A managed, cloud-native vector databaseAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMSEvent StoreVector DBMSVector DBMS
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Score1.39
Rank#155  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#181  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score3.02
Rank#87  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websitedgraph.iowww.eventstore.comwww.pinecone.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsdevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.pinecone.io/­docs/­overviewweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Event Store LimitedPinecone Systems, IncWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2016201220192019
Current release21.2, February 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageGoGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesString, Number, Booleanyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
PythonJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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DgraphEventStoreDBPineconeWeaviate
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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