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DBMS > mSQL vs. Qdrant vs. Weaviate vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison mSQL vs. Qdrant vs. Weaviate vs. XTDB

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NamemSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionmSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.A general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSVector DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.26
Rank#163  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score1.53
Rank#145  Overall
#7  Vector DBMS
Score1.48
Rank#149  Overall
#8  Vector DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#330  Overall
#45  Document stores
Websitehughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
github.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
github.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationqdrant.tech/­documentationweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviatewww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperHughes TechnologiesQdrantWeaviate B.V.Juxt Ltd.
Initial release1994202120192019
Current release4.4, October 20211.19, May 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate EnterpriseOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCRustGoClojure
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interfaceschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy referencesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersnoGraphQL is used as query languagelimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneCollection-level replicationyesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datanoyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoKey-based authenticationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
More information provided by the system vendor
mSQL infoMini SQLQdrantWeaviateXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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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