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DBMS > Dgraph vs. ToroDB vs. Trafodion vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. ToroDB vs. Trafodion vs. Weaviate

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQLTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­torodb/­servertrafodion.apache.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.8KdataApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2016201620142019
Current release2.3.0, February 20191.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoAGPL-V3Open 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 languageGoJavaC++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VMLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_idyesyes 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 indexesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftSource-replica replicationyes, via HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesAccess rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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DgraphToroDBTrafodionWeaviate
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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