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NameOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#54  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#123  Overall
#11  Vector DBMS
Websiteorigodb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationorigodb.com/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperRobert Friberg et alWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2009 infounder the name LiveDB2019
Current release1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
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Implementation languageC#Go
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Data schemeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateUser 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.no infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.NetJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno
Triggersyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritydepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based authorizationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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OrigoDBWeaviate
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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