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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. EsgynDB vs. IBM Db2 vs. Weaviate

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionCommon in IBM host environments, 2 different versions for host and Windows/LinuxAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS infoSince Version 10.5 support for JSON/BSON documents compatible with MongoDBVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store infoin Db2 LUW (Linux, Unix, Windows)
Spatial DBMS infowith Db2 Spatial Extender
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score128.46
Rank#8  Overall
#5  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.ibm.com/­products/­db2github.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.ibm.com/­docs/­en/­db2weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGEsgynIBMWeaviate B.V.
Initial release200920151983 infohost version2019
Current release3.10.0, March 202212.1, October 20161.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercial infofree version is availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaC and C++Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
z/OS
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes 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 indexesnoyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
JSON style queries infoMongoDB compatible
ODBC
XQuery
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
C#
C++
Cobol
Delphi
Fortran
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding infoonly with Windows/Unix/Linux VersionSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes infowith separate tools (MQ, InfoSphere)yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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EhcacheEsgynDBIBM Db2 infoformerly named DB2 or IBM Database 2Weaviate
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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