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DBMS > PouchDB vs. RethinkDB vs. TerminusDB vs. Warp 10 vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison PouchDB vs. RethinkDB vs. TerminusDB vs. Warp 10 vs. Weaviate

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NamePouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonRethinkDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBDBMS for the Web with a mechanism to push updated query results to applications in realtime.Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsTimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBaseAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score2.66
Rank#107  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#344  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitepouchdb.comrethinkdb.comterminusdb.comwww.warp10.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationpouchdb.com/­guidesrethinkdb.com/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#www.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_startedweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationThe Linux Foundation infosince July 2017DataChemist Ltd.SenXWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20122009201820152019
Current release7.1.1, June 20192.4.1, August 202011.0.0, January 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++Prolog, RustJavaGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, binary, float, bool, date, geometryyesyesyes 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)noGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
HTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC infocommunity-supported driver
C# infocommunity-supported driver
C++ infocommunity-supported driver
Clojure infocommunity-supported driver
Dart infocommunity-supported driver
Erlang infocommunity-supported driver
Go infocommunity-supported driver
Haskell infocommunity-supported driver
Java infoofficial driver
JavaScript (Node.js) infoofficial driver
Lisp infocommunity-supported driver
Lua infocommunity-supported driver
Objective-C infocommunity-supported driver
Perl infocommunity-supported driver
PHP infocommunity-supported driver
Python infoofficial driver
Ruby infoofficial driver
Scala infocommunity-supported driver
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptyesyes infoWarpScriptno
TriggersyesClient-side triggers through changefeedsyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding inforange basedGraph PartitioningSharding infobased on HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replicationJournaling Streamsselectable replication factor infobased on HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infobased on HBaseEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoAtomic single-document operationsACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCC basedyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyesyes infoin-memory journalingyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infousers and table-level permissionsRole-based access controlMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizationsAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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PouchDBRethinkDBTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistWarp 10Weaviate
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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