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DBMS > IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Lovefield vs. Trino vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Lovefield vs. Trino vs. Weaviate

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NameIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonTrino  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud-based data warehousing serviceEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptFast 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 DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMS
Wide column store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.26
Rank#162  Overall
#73  Relational DBMS
Score0.22
Rank#306  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score5.28
Rank#61  Overall
#35  Relational DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehousegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldtrino.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdtrino.io/­broadcast
trino.io/­docs/­current
weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperIBMGoogleTrino Software FoundationWeaviate B.V.
Initial release201420142012 info2020 rebranded from PrestoSQL2019
Current release2.1.12, February 20171.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaGo
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
macOS infofor devlopment
Data schemeyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes 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 infoImport/export of XML data possiblenonono
Secondary indexesyesyesdepending 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 patternyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
JDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Trino CLI
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScriptGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLnoyes, depending on connected data-sourceno
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonedepending on connected data-sourceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnonedepending on connected data-sourceyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on connected data-sourceEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDdepending on connected data-sourceno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databasedepending on connected data-sourceyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoSQL standard access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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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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