DBMS > Manticore Search vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. OrientDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Manticore Search vs. Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB vs. OrientDB vs. Sadas Engine vs. Weaviate

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Name

Description

Multi-storage database for search, including full-text search.

Globally distributed, horizontally scalable, multi-model database service

Multi-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)

SADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments

An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.

Primary database model

Search engine

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Wide column store

Document store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store

Relational DBMS

Vector DBMS

Secondary database models

Time Series DBMS

using the Manticore Columnar Library

Spatial DBMS

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Trend Chart

Score	0.22
Rank	#312	Overall
	#21	Search engines

Score	29.04
Rank	#27	Overall
	#4	Document stores
	#2	Graph DBMS
	#3	Key-value stores
	#3	Wide column stores

Score	3.19
Rank	#93	Overall
	#16	Document stores
	#7	Graph DBMS
	#14	Key-value stores

Score	0.00
Rank	#383	Overall
	#158	Relational DBMS

Score	1.73
Rank	#143	Overall
	#5	Vector DBMS

Website

manticoresearch.com

azure.microsoft.com/services/cosmos-db

orientdb.org

www.sadasengine.com

github.com/weaviate/weaviate
weaviate.io

Technical documentation

manual.manticoresearch.com

learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-db

www.orientdb.com/docs/last/index.html

www.sadasengine.com/en/sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/#documentation

weaviate.io/developers/weaviate

Developer

Manticore Software

Microsoft

OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP

SADAS s.r.l.

Weaviate B.V.

Initial release

2017

2014

2010

2006

2019

Current release

6.0, February 2023

3.2.29, March 2024

8.0

1.19, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

GPL version 2

commercial

Open Source

Apache version 2

commercial

free trial version available

Open Source

commercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

yes

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Implementation language

C++

Java

C++

Server operating systems

FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows

hosted

All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)

AIX
Linux
Windows

Data scheme

Fixed schema

schema-free

Schema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")

yes

yes, maps to GraphQL interface

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

Int, Bigint, Float, Timestamp, Bit, Int array, Bigint array, JSON, Boolean

yes

JSON types

yes

string, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Can index from XML

Secondary indexes

yes

full-text index on all search fields

yes

All properties auto-indexed by default

yes

all data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like query language

SQL-like query language, no joins

yes

GraphQL is used as query language

APIs and other access methods

Binary API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP/SQL API
SQL over MySQL

DocumentDB API
Graph API (Gremlin)
MongoDB API
RESTful HTTP API
Table API

Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol

GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python

.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
MongoDB client drivers written for various programming languages
Python

.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala

.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python

JavaScript / TypeScript
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions

JavaScript

Java, Javascript

Triggers

JavaScript

Hooks

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Partitioning is done manually, search queries against distributed index is supported

Sharding

Implicit feature of the cloud service

Sharding

horizontal partitioning

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

Synchronous replication based on Galera library

yes

Implicit feature of the cloud service

Multi-source replication

none

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

with Hadoop integration

Integration with Hadoop/HDInsight on Azure*

could be achieved with distributed queries

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Bounded Staleness
Consistent Prefix
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency

Consistency level configurable on request level
Session Consistency

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

relationship in graphs

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

yes

isolated transactions for atomic changes and binary logging for safe writes

Multi-item ACID transactions with snapshot isolation within a partition

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

The original contents of fields are not stored in the Manticore index.

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

managed by 'Learn by Usage'

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

Access rights for users and roles; record level security configurable

Access rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard

API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

All companies that have data.
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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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