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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. Interbase vs. QuestDB vs. Weaviate

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonInterbase  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsLight-weight proven RDBMS infooriginally from BorlandA high performance open source SQL database for time series dataAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational 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
Score4.08
Rank#75  Overall
#41  Relational DBMS
Score2.70
Rank#105  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgwww.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasequestdb.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.embarcadero.com/­products/­interbasequestdb.io/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGEmbarcaderoQuestDB Technology IncWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2009198420142019
Current release3.10.0, March 2022InterBase 2020, December 20191.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaCJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAndroid
iOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes, 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.nono infoexport as XML data possiblenono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL with time-series extensionsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Object Pascal
PHP
Ruby
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyes infoInterbase procedure and trigger languagenono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Servernonehorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerInterbase Change ViewsSource-replica replication with eventual consistencyyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourceACIDACID for single-table writesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMultiversion concurreny controlyesyes
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.yesyesyes infothrough memory mapped filesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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EhcacheInterbaseQuestDBWeaviate
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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All 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 modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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