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DBMS > LokiJS vs. OpenQM vs. StarRocks vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. OpenQM vs. StarRocks vs. Weaviate

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.93
Rank#198  Overall
#93  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.starrocks.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023Weaviate B.V.
Initial release2014199320202019
Current release3.4-123.3, June 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, JavaGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes 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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL protocol
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
JavaJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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LokiJSOpenQM infoalso called QMStarRocksWeaviate
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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