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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. HyperSQL vs. Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. HyperSQL vs. Lovefield vs. PostGIS vs. Weaviate

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSpatial extension of PostgreSQLAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnhsqldb.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldpostgis.netgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdpostgis.net/­documentationweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperEsgynGoogleWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20152001201420052019
Current release2.7.2, June 20232.1.12, February 20173.4.2, February 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaJavaJavaScriptCGo
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes, 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.nononoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresJava, SQLnouser defined functionsno
TriggersnoyesUsing read-only observersyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnonenoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDBnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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EsgynDBHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBLovefieldPostGISWeaviate
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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