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DBMS > Linter vs. OrientDB vs. SQream DB vs. Weaviate

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NameLinter  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonSQream DB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRDBMS for high security requirementsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)a GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloadsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.03
Rank#368  Overall
#156  Relational DBMS
Score3.02
Rank#88  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
Score0.62
Rank#234  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Websitelinter.ruorientdb.orgsqream.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.sqream.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Developerrelex.ruOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPSQream TechnologiesWeaviate B.V.
Initial release1990201020172019
Current release3.2.29, March 20242022.1.6, December 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and C++JavaC++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, ScalaGo
Server operating systemsAIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
Data schemeyesschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language, no joinsyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLJava, Javascriptuser defined functions in Pythonno
TriggersyesHooksnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardinghorizontal and vertical partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationship in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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LinterOrientDBSQream DBWeaviate
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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