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System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. Sphinx vs. Weaviate

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NameJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonSphinx  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionJavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesOpen source search engine for searching in data from different sources, e.g. relational databasesA cloud-native, realtime vector search engine integrating scalable machine learning models
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Search engineVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score6.13
Rank#72  Overall
#8  Search engines
Score1.08
Rank#223  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitejsqldb.org (offline)sphinxsearch.comgithub.com/­semi-technologies/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationsphinxsearch.com/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate/­current
DeveloperKonrad von BackstromSphinx Technologies Inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release201820012019
Current release0.8, December 20183.4.1, July 20211.17, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL version 2, commercial licence availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
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Implementation languageC++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
FreeBSD
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyes 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
Secondary indexesnoyes infofull-text index on all search fieldsyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (SphinxQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsProprietary protocolGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++ infounofficial client library
Java
Perl infounofficial client library
PHP
Python
Ruby infounofficial client library
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresfunctions in JavaScriptnono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoPartitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supportedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infousing RocksDByes infoThe original contents of fields are not stored in the Sphinx index.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.no
User concepts infoAccess controlnoOpenID Connect Discovery
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JSqlDbSphinxWeaviate
Typical application scenariosAs a stand-alone vector search engine, or use one of the many modules (transformers,...
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Key customersA ll companies that have data. ​
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Licensing and pricing modelsWeaviate is open-source, and free to use. We also offer Fully managed Weaviate on...
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