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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. EsgynDB vs. eXtremeDB vs. Quasardb vs. Weaviate

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisoneXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.80
Rank#214  Overall
#99  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#322  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.esgyn.cnwww.mcobject.comquasar.aigithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmdoc.quasar.ai/­masterweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGEsgynMcObjectquasardbWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20092015200120092019
Current release3.10.0, March 20228.2, 20213.14.1, January 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialcommercialcommercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensesOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaC and C++C++Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infointeger and binaryyes 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 infosupport of XML interfaces availablenono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes infowith tagsyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLSQL-like query languageGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
HTTP APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava Stored Proceduresyesnono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyes infoby defining eventsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardinghorizontal partitioning / shardingSharding infoconsistent hashingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replication between multi datacentersActive Replication Fabric™ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
Source-replica replication with selectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnowith Hadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes infoTransient modeyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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