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DBMS > EsgynDB vs. LevelDB vs. SWC-DB vs. Trafodion vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. LevelDB vs. SWC-DB vs. Trafodion vs. Weaviate

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonLevelDB  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionEmbeddable fast key-value storage library that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string valuesA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMSAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeWide column storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#111  Overall
#19  Key-value stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­google/­leveldbgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
trafodion.apache.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­leveldb/­blob/­main/­doc/­index.mdtrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperEsgynGoogleAlex KashirinApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HPWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20152011202020142019
Current release1.23, February 20210.5, April 20212.3.0, February 20191.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaC++C++C++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinuxIllumos
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC++
Go
Java info3rd party binding
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Python info3rd party binding
C++All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored ProceduresnonoJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneyes, via HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyes infovia user defined functions and HBaseno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith automatic compression on writesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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EsgynDBLevelDBSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTrafodionWeaviate
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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