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System Properties Comparison SQream DB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB vs. Weaviate

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Name

Description

a GPU-based, columnar RDBMS for big data analytics workloads

Distributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture

An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.

Primary database model

Relational DBMS

Vector DBMS

Secondary database models

Search engine

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Score	0.64
Rank	#227	Overall
	#104	Relational DBMS

Score	0.01
Rank	#376	Overall
	#154	Relational DBMS

Score	1.65
Rank	#133	Overall
	#10	Vector DBMS

Website

sqream.com

www.transwarp.cn/en/product/argodb

github.com/weaviate/weaviate
weaviate.io

Technical documentation

docs.sqream.com

docs.transwarp.cn/#/documents-support/docs?category=ARGODB

weaviate.io/developers/weaviate

Developer

SQream Technologies

Transwarp

Weaviate B.V.

Initial release

2017

2019

Current release

2022.1.6, December 2022

1.19, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

commercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C++, CUDA, Haskell, Java, Scala

Server operating systems

Linux

Data scheme

yes

yes, maps to GraphQL interface

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes, ANSI Standard SQL Types

yes

string, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

all data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

yes

GraphQL is used as query language

APIs and other access methods

.Net
JDBC
ODBC

GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

JavaScript / TypeScript
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined functions in Python

Triggers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

horizontal and vertical partitioning

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery

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Specific characteristics

Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantages

Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenarios

As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customers

All companies that have data.
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Market metrics

As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing models

Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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Recent citations in the news

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SQream Technologies raises $39.4 million for GPU-accelerated databases
24 June 2020, VentureBeat

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4 October 2018, The Next Platform

Chinese giant Alibaba leads investment round in Israel big-data startup
30 May 2018, The Times of Israel

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30 May 2018, CTech

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7 February 2025, MarkTechPost

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3 December 2024, SiliconANGLE News

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3 December 2024, Blocks and Files

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8 July 2024, GlobeNewswire

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