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System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. etcd vs. OpenEdge vs. Weaviate

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonetcd  Xexclude from comparisonOpenEdge  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA distributed reliable key-value storeApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeKey-value storeRelational 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
Score7.03
Rank#54  Overall
#5  Key-value stores
Score3.45
Rank#85  Overall
#46  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orgetcd.io
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd
www.progress.com/­openedgegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationetcd.io/­docs
github.com/­etcd-io/­etcd/­tree/­master/­Documentation
documentation.progress.com/­output/­ua/­OpenEdge_latestweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGProgress Software CorporationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release200919842019
Current release3.10.0, March 20223.4, August 2019OpenEdge 12.2, March 20201.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMFreeBSD
Linux
Windows infoexperimental
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyes 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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoclose to SQL 92GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJCachegRPC
JSON over HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Tcl
Progress proprietary ABL (Advanced Business Language)JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoyesno
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersyes, watching key changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta Serverhorizontal partitioning infosince Version 11.4Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerUsing Raft consensus algorithm to ensure data replication with strong consistency among multiple replicas.Source-replica replicationyes
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 integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenoACIDno
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoUsers and groupsAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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EhcacheetcdOpenEdgeWeaviate
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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