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System Properties Comparison RavenDB vs. Realm vs. SWC-DB vs. TerarkDB vs. Weaviate

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NameRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDBAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument storeWide column storeKey-value storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score2.92
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score0.01
Rank#376  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websiteravendb.netrealm.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
github.com/­bytedance/­terarkdbgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationravendb.net/­docsrealm.io/­docsbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKcweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperHibernating RhinosRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Alex KashirinByteDance, originally TerarkWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20102014202020162019
Current release5.4, July 20220.5, April 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial inforestricted open source version availableOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#C++C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesnoyes 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (RQL)noSQL-like query languagenoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
Proprietary protocol
Thrift
C++ API
Java API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++C++
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessarynonono
Triggersyesyes infoChange Listenersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes infoIn-Memory realmnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAuthorization levels configured per client per databaseyesnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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RavenDBRealmSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTerarkDBWeaviate
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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