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System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. QuestDB vs. Weaviate

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitedgraph.iojsqldb.org (offline)www.monetdb.orgquestdb.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docswww.monetdb.org/­Documentationquestdb.io/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Konrad von BackstromMonetDB BVQuestDB Technology IncWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20162018200420142019
Current release0.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open 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 languageGoCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes 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 indexesyesnoyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsSQL with time-series extensionsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnofunctions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rnono
Triggersnonoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneSharding via remote tableshorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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DgraphJSqlDbMonetDBQuestDBWeaviate
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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All 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 modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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