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System Properties Comparison eXtremeDB vs. HugeGraph vs. NSDb vs. Spark SQL vs. Weaviate

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NameeXtremeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionNatively in-memory DBMS with options for persistency, high-availability and clusteringA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.74
Rank#223  Overall
#103  Relational DBMS
#18  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.mcobject.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
nsdb.iospark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.mcobject.com/­docs/­extremedb.htmhugegraph.apache.org/­docsnsdb.io/­Architecturespark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperMcObjectBaiduApache Software FoundationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20012018201720142019
Current release8.2, 20210.93.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open 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 and C++JavaJava, ScalaScalaGo
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes: int, bigint, decimal, stringyesyes 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.no infosupport of XML interfaces availablenononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexall fields are automatically indexednoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith the option: eXtremeSQLnoSQL-like query languageSQL-like DML and DDL statementsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
JNI
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
gRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C#
C++
Java
Lua
Python
Scala
Groovy
Java
Python
Java
Scala
Java
Python
R
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesasynchronous Gremlin script jobsnonono
Triggersyes infoby defining eventsnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning / shardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseShardingyes, utilizing Spark CoreSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesActive Replication Fabricâ„¢ for IoT
Multi-source replication infoby means of eXtremeDB Cluster option
Source-replica replication infoby means of eXtremeDB High Availability option
yes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBasenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnovia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoedges in graphnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoOptimistic (MVCC) and pessimistic (locking) strategies availableyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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eXtremeDBHugeGraphNSDbSpark SQLWeaviate
Specific characteristicseXtremeDB is an in-memory and/or persistent database system that offers an ultra-small...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantageseXtremeDB databases can be modeled relationally or as objects and can utilize SQL...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosIoT application across all markets: Industrial Control, Netcom, Telecom, Defense,...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersSchneider Electronics, F5 Networks, TNS, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, GoPro, ViaSat,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsWith hundreds of customers and over 30 million devices/applications using the product...
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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 modelsFor server use cases, there is a simple per-server license irrespective of the number...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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