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DBMS > Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Solr vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure Table Storage vs. Solr vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. Weaviate

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NameLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Table Storage  Xexclude from comparisonSolr  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptA Wide Column Store for rapid development using massive semi-structured datasetsA widely used distributed, scalable search engine based on Apache LuceneMultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeSearch engineMultivalue DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score4.48
Rank#75  Overall
#6  Wide column stores
Score42.91
Rank#24  Overall
#3  Search engines
Score3.16
Rank#97  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­storage/­tablessolr.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatagithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdsolr.apache.org/­resources.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidataweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperGoogleMicrosoftApache Software FoundationRocket SoftwareWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20142012200619852019
Current release2.1.12, February 20179.6.0, April 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaCGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafarihostedAll OS with a Java VM inforuns as a servlet in servlet container (e.g. Tomcat, Jetty is included)AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes infoDynamic Fields enables on-the-fly addition of new fieldsschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infosupports customizable data types and automatic typingoptionalyes 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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoSolr Parallel SQL InterfaceyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Erlang
Java
JavaScript
any language that supports sockets and either XML or JSON
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava pluginsyesno
TriggersUsing read-only observersnoyes infoUser configurable commands triggered on index changesyes infoU2 Basicno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoimplicit feature of the cloud service. Replication either local, cross-facility or geo-redundant.yesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonospark-solr: github.com/­lucidworks/­spark-solr and streaming expressions to reducenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic lockingoptimistic lockingACID infoconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infousing MemoryDBnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights based on private key authentication or shared access signaturesyesAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system basedAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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LovefieldMicrosoft Azure Table StorageSolrUniData,UniVerseWeaviate
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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