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DBMS > JanusGraph vs. Lovefield vs. NCache vs. TimesTen vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison JanusGraph vs. Lovefield vs. NCache vs. TimesTen vs. Weaviate

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NameJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonTimesTen  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreIn-Memory RDBMS compatible to OracleAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
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Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.36
Rank#161  Overall
#75  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitejanusgraph.orggoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­timesten.htmlgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.janusgraph.orggithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsdocs.oracle.com/­database/­timesten-18.1weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusGoogleAlachisoftOracle, TimesTen Performance Software, HP infooriginally founded in HP Labs it was acquired by Oracle in 2005Weaviate B.V.
Initial release20172014200519982019
Current release0.6.3, February 20232.1.12, February 20175.3.3, April 202411 Release 2 (11.2.2.8.0)1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availablecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryesyes 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJava API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
IDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
JDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesClojure
Java
Python
JavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
C
C++
Java
PL/SQL
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRPL/SQLno
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersyes infoNotificationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)noneyesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Immediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes infoby means of logfiles and checkpointsyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDByesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServernoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)fine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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JanusGraph infosuccessor of TitanLovefieldNCacheTimesTenWeaviate
Specific characteristicsNCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesNCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosNCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersBank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsMarket Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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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 modelsNCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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