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DBMS > Ehcache vs. ToroDB vs. VictoriaMetrics vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Ehcache vs. ToroDB vs. VictoriaMetrics vs. Weaviate

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NameEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQLA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solutionAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeTime 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
Score1.23
Rank#172  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­torodb/­servervictoriametrics.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AG8KdataVictoriaMetricsWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2009201620182019
Current release3.10.0, March 2022v1.91, May 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaJavaGoGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java 7 VMFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_idyes 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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJCacheGraphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoby using Terracotta ServerSource-replica replicationSynchronous replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual 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 resourcenonono
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 controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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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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