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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Hazelcast vs. SwayDB vs. Weaviate

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA widely adopted in-memory data gridAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.89
Rank#67  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score5.97
Rank#57  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orghazelcast.comswaydb.simer.augithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHazelcastSimer PlahaWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2009200820182019
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.3.6, November 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScalaGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyes 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 infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Java
Kotlin
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor Servicesnono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes infoEventsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta Serveryes infoReplicated Mapnoneyes
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 Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedAtomic execution of operationsno
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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlnoAPI Keys
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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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