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System Properties Comparison Rockset vs. SQL.JS vs. Weaviate vs. XTDB

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NameRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBPort of SQLite to JavaScriptAn 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 modelDocument storeRelational DBMSVector DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websiterockset.comsql.js.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
github.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdocs.rockset.comsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviatewww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperRocksetAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersWeaviate B.V.Juxt Ltd.
Initial release2019201220192019
Current release1.19, May 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate EnterpriseOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++JavaScriptGoClojure
Server operating systemshostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interfaceschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datedynamic typingyesyes 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.no infoingestion from XML files supportednonono
Secondary indexesall fields are automatically indexedyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedGraphQL is used as query languagelimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsHTTP RESTJavaScript APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesAutomatic shardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneyesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes, 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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consolenoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
More information provided by the system vendor
RocksetSQL.JSWeaviateXTDB 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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