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System Properties Comparison JSqlDb vs. StarRocks vs. WakandaDB vs. Weaviate

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Name

JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.

Description

JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitives

An open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics

Forked from Apache Doris

WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data

An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.

Primary database model

Document store
Object oriented DBMS

Relational DBMS

Object oriented DBMS

Vector DBMS

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Score	1.04
Rank	#189	Overall
	#88	Relational DBMS

Score	0.03
Rank	#364	Overall
	#17	Object oriented DBMS

Score	1.73
Rank	#143	Overall
	#5	Vector DBMS

Website

jsqldb.org (offline)

www.starrocks.io

wakanda.github.io

github.com/weaviate/weaviate
weaviate.io

Technical documentation

docs.starrocks.io/en-us/latest/introduction/StarRocks_intro

wakanda.github.io/doc

weaviate.io/developers/weaviate

Developer

Konrad von Backstrom

The Linux Foundation

since Feb 2023

Wakanda SAS

Weaviate B.V.

Initial release

2018

2020

2012

2019

Current release

0.8, December 2018

2.5.3, March 2023

2.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019

1.19, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

AGPLv3, extended commercial license available

Open Source

commercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C++, Java

C++, JavaScript

Server operating systems

Linux
macOS
Windows

Linux

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

yes, maps to GraphQL interface

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

all data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

GraphQL is used as query language

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
MySQL protocol

RESTful HTTP API

GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

JavaScript

Java

JavaScript

JavaScript / TypeScript
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

functions in JavaScript

user defined functions

yes

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

horizontal partitioning (by range and hash)

none

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

using RocksDB

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Role based access control and fine grained access rights

yes

API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

All companies that have data.
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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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