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DBMS > Graphite vs. JanusGraph vs. Kinetica vs. VelocityDB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. JanusGraph vs. Kinetica vs. VelocityDB vs. Weaviate

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Fully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSGraph DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webjanusgraph.orgwww.kinetica.comvelocitydb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iodocs.janusgraph.orgdocs.kinetica.comvelocitydb.com/­UserGuideweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperChris DavisLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusKineticaVelocityDB IncWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20062017201220112019
Current release0.6.3, February 20237.1, August 20217.x1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaC, C++C#Go
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyyesyesyesyes 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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NetGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Clojure
Java
Python
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.NetJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyesyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)ShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerAccess rights for users and roles on table levelBased on Windows AuthenticationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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GraphiteJanusGraph infosuccessor of TitanKineticaVelocityDBWeaviate
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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