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System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. ScyllaDB vs. Vitess vs. WakandaDB vs. Weaviate

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NameJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  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 primitivesCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQLWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access dataAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Wide column storeRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value storeDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitejsqldb.org (offline)www.scylladb.comvitess.iowakanda.github.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.scylladb.comvitess.io/­docswakanda.github.io/­docweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromScyllaDBThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScaleWakanda SASWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20182015201320122019
Current release0.8, December 2018ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 202415.0.2, December 20222.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 20191.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++, JavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxDocker
Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesyes 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 infocluster global secondary indicesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yes infowith proprietary extensionsnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptFor CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Ada
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
JavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptyes, Luayes infoproprietary syntaxyesno
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
noneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Eventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes infonot for MyISAM storage engineno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsACID at shard levelACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engineyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoin-memory tablesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or rolesyesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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