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System Properties Comparison DuckDB vs. FileMaker vs. InfinityDB vs. mSQL vs. Weaviate

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NameDuckDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embeddable, in-process, column-oriented SQL OLAP RDBMSFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfacemSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score4.57
Rank#74  Overall
#40  Relational DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websiteduckdb.orgwww.claris.com/­filemakerboilerbay.comhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationduckdb.org/­docswww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleBoiler Bay Inc.Hughes TechnologiesWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20181983200219942019
Current release0.10, February 202419.4.1, November 20214.04.4, October 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaCGo
Server operating systemsserver-lessiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes 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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infovia pluginsnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsArrow Database Connectivity (ADBC)
CLI Client
JDBC
ODBC
Filemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C# info3rd party driver
C++
Crystal info3rd party driver
Go info3rd party driver
Java
Lisp info3rd party driver
Python
R
Ruby info3rd party driver
Rust
Swift
Zig info3rd party driver
PHPJavaC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnonono
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14nonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDnoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnonoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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DuckDBFileMakerInfinityDBmSQL infoMini SQLWeaviate
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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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