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

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSpatial extension of PostgreSQLFast distributed SQL query engine for big data analytics. Forked from Presto and originally named PrestoSQLAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
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Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score22.69
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score5.00
Rank#66  Overall
#36  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cngoogle.github.io/­lovefieldpostgis.nettrino.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdpostgis.net/­documentationtrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHub
DeveloperEsgynGoogleTrino Software FoundationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2015201420052012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL2019
Current release2.1.12, February 20173.4.2, February 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Starburst Galaxy offers a feature-rich user interface to connect all your data sources, manage your Trino clusters, and query your data.
Implementation languageC++, JavaJavaScriptCJavaGo
Server operating systemsLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS infofor devlopment
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesdepending on connected data-sourceyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternyesyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetJavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnouser defined functionsyes, depending on connected data-sourceno
TriggersnoUsing read-only observersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLdepending on connected data-sourceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneyes infobased on PostgreSQLdepending on connected data-sourceyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistencydepending on connected data-sourceEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDdepending on connected data-sourceno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesdepending on connected data-sourceyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDBnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoyes infobased on PostgreSQLSQL standard access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Specific characteristicsTrino is the fastest open source, massively parallel processing SQL query engine...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesHigh performance analtyics and data processing of very large data sets Powerful ANSI...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosPerformant analytics query engine for data warehouses, data lakes, and data lakehouses...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersTrino is widely adopted across the globe as freely-available open source software....
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metrics33000+ commits in GitHub 8200+ stargazers in GitHub 1200+ pull requests merged in...
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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 modelsTrino is an open source project and usage is therefore free. Commercial offerings...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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