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DBMS > JSqlDb vs. SQL.JS vs. Tkrzw vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. SQL.JS vs. Tkrzw vs. Weaviate

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NameJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto Cabinet  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 primitivesPort of SQLite to JavaScriptA concept of libraries, allowing an application program to store and query key-value pairs in a file. Successor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto CabinetAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMSKey-value storeVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#372  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitejsqldb.org (offline)sql.js.orgdbmx.net/­tkrzwgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersMikio HirabayashiWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2018201220202019
Current release0.8, December 20180.9.3, August 20201.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes 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 indexesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportednoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaScriptC++
Java
Python
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptnonono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDBno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infousing specific database classesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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JSqlDbSQL.JSTkrzw infoSuccessor of Tokyo Cabinet and Kyoto CabinetWeaviate
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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