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DBMS > Drizzle vs. EsgynDB vs. EXASOL vs. Lovefield vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. EsgynDB vs. EXASOL vs. Lovefield vs. Weaviate

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NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
Drizzle has published its last release in September 2012. The open-source project is discontinued and Drizzle is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMySQL fork with a pluggable micro-kernel and with an emphasis of performance over compatibility.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnwww.exasol.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.exasol.com/­resourcesgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerEsgynExasolGoogleWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20082015200020142019
Current release7.2.4, September 20122.1.12, February 20171.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialcommercialOpen 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 languageC++C++, JavaJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes 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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsyesyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJava
Lua
Python
R
JavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.noyesUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replication between multi datacentersnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyes infoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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DrizzleEsgynDBEXASOLLovefieldWeaviate
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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