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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. PostGIS vs. Transwarp ArgoDB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. GreptimeDB vs. PostGIS vs. Transwarp ArgoDB vs. Weaviate

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionAn open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencySpatial extension of PostgreSQLDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architectureAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSearch engine
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Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#351  Overall
#34  Time Series DBMS
Score21.72
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cngreptime.compostgis.netwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodbgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.greptime.compostgis.net/­documentationdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODBweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperEsgynGreptime Inc.TranswarpWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2015202220052019
Current release3.4.2, February 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaRustCGo
Server operating systemsLinuxAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free, schema definition possibleyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes 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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyesyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresPythonuser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardSimple rights management via user accountsyes infobased on PostgreSQLAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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EsgynDBGreptimeDBPostGISTranswarp ArgoDBWeaviate
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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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 modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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