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System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. MonetDB vs. Rockset vs. Weaviate

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NameJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Relational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.72
Rank#135  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websitejsqldb.org (offline)www.monetdb.orgrockset.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.rockset.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromMonetDB BVRocksetWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2018200420192019
Current release0.8, December 2018Dec2023 (11.49), December 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageCC++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hosted
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typingyes 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.nono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnoyesall fields are automatically indexedyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
HTTP RESTGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptyes, in SQL, C, Rnono
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding via remote tablesAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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JSqlDbMonetDBRocksetWeaviate
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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