DB-EnginesextremeDB - solve IoT connectivity disruptionsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Drizzle vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. NSDb vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Drizzle vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. NSDb vs. Weaviate

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameDrizzle  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  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.A distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.44
Rank#259  Overall
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Time Series DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websitekyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisensdb.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationnsdb.io/­Architectureweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperDrizzle project, originally started by Brian AkerKyligence, Inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release2008201620172019
Current release7.2.4, September 20121.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU GPLcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageC++JavaJava, ScalaGo
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyes 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 indexesyesyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith proprietary extensionsANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)SQL-like query languageGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
PHP
Java
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersno infohooks for callbacks inside the server can be used.no
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlPluggable authentication mechanisms infoe.g. LDAP, HTTPAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
More information provided by the system vendor
DrizzleKyligence EnterpriseNSDbWeaviate
Specific characteristicsWeaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
» more
Competitive advantagesFlexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
» more
Typical application scenariosAs a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
» more
Key customersAll companies that have data. ​
» more
Market metricsAs of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
» more
Licensing and pricing modelsWeaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
» more

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
DrizzleKyligence EnterpriseNSDbWeaviate
DB-Engines blog posts

MySQL won the April ranking; did its forks follow?
1 April 2015, Paul Andlinger

Has MySQL finally lost its mojo?
1 July 2013, Matthias Gelbmann

show all

Weaviate, an ANN Database with CRUD support
2 February 2021,  Etienne Dilocker, SeMI Technologies (sponsor) 

show all

Recent citations in the news

Kyligence adds ClickHouse OLAP engine to its analytics platform
10 August 2021, VentureBeat

Distributed OLAPer Kyligence accelerates core engine, adds real-time data support
10 August 2021, Blocks & Files

How Kyligence Cloud uses Amazon EMR Serverless to simplify OLAP
9 November 2022, AWS Blog

Kyligence Grows OLAP Business in the Cloud
20 February 2020, Datanami

The 10 Coolest Big Data Tools Of 2023 (So Far)
30 June 2023, CRN

provided by Google News

Vector database startup Weaviate debuts ‘AI workbench’ and flexible storage tiers
30 July 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Weaviate Achieves Amazon Web Services GenAI Competency Status
8 July 2024, GlobeNewswire

StructuredRAG Released by Weaviate: A Comprehensive Benchmark to Evaluate Large Language Models’ Ability to Generate Reliable JSON Outputs for Complex AI Systems
26 August 2024, MarkTechPost

Weaviate Enhances Cloud Console with New Collections and Explorer Tools for AI Developers
31 July 2024, Datanami

Weaviate Raises $50 Million Series B Funding to Meet Soaring Demand for AI Native Vector Database Technology
21 April 2023, PR Newswire

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Present your product here