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DBMS > Hypertable vs. OrientDB vs. TerminusDB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Hypertable vs. OrientDB vs. TerminusDB vs. Weaviate

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NameHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelWide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Graph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.02
Rank#88  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websiteorientdb.orgterminusdb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperHypertable Inc.OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPDataChemist Ltd.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release2009201020182019
Current release0.9.8.11, March 20163.2.29, March 202411.0.0, January 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++JavaProlog, RustGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language, no joinsSQL-like query language (WOQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Thrift
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, Javascriptyesno
TriggersnoHooksyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelMulti-source replicationJournaling Streamsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationship in graphsyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableRole-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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HypertableOrientDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistWeaviate
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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