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DBMS > RocksDB vs. Weaviate vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison RocksDB vs. Weaviate vs. YottaDB

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NameRocksDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable persistent key-value store optimized for fast storage (flash and RAM)An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeVector DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.73
Rank#97  Overall
#15  Key-value stores
Score1.50
Rank#142  Overall
#10  Vector DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#314  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiterocksdb.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
yottadb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­facebook/­rocksdb/­wikiweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviateyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperFacebook, Inc.Weaviate B.V.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release201320192001
Current release9.4.0, June 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate EnterpriseOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++GoC
Server operating systemsLinuxDocker
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interfaceschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy referencesno
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.nonono
Secondary indexesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoGraphQL is used as query languageby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsC++ API
Java API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
Perl
Python
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
Users and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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RocksDBWeaviateYottaDB
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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