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DBMS > Lovefield vs. NCache vs. OrigoDB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Lovefield vs. NCache vs. OrigoDB vs. Weaviate

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NameLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#19  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldwww.alachisoft.com/­ncacheorigodb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docsorigodb.com/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperGoogleAlachisoftRobert Friberg et alWeaviate B.V.
Initial release201420052009 infounder the name LiveDB2019
Current release2.1.12, February 20175.3.3, April 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC#Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
Windows
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyespartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and CounterUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes 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 infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes 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 patternSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.noGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
.NetJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRyesno
TriggersUsing read-only observersyes infoNotificationsyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDoptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
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 controlnoAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)Role based authorizationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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LovefieldNCacheOrigoDBWeaviate
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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