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DBMS > JSqlDb vs. RocksDB vs. TerminusDB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. RocksDB vs. TerminusDB vs. Weaviate

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NameJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  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 primitivesEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)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 modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value storeGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.84
Rank#97  Overall
#16  Key-value stores
Score0.19
Rank#311  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websitejsqldb.org (offline)rocksdb.orgterminusdb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikiterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromFacebook, Inc.DataChemist Ltd.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release2018201320182019
Current release0.8, December 20189.4.0, June 202411.0.0, January 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoGPL V3Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++Prolog, RustGo
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyes 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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Java API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptnoyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningGraph PartitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesJournaling Streamsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyes infoin-memory journalingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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JSqlDbRocksDBTerminusDB 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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