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System Properties Comparison Spark SQL vs. STSdb vs. Tarantool vs. Weaviate

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NameSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTarantool  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodIn-memory computing platform with a flexible data schema for efficiently building high-performance applicationsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Tarantool/GIS extension
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score1.67
Rank#143  Overall
#25  Document stores
#25  Key-value stores
#65  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitespark.apache.org/­sqlgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.tarantool.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmlwww.tarantool.io/­en/­docweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SCVKWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2014201120082019
Current release3.5.0 ( 2.13), September 20234.0.8, September 20152.10.0, May 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoBSD-2, source-available extensions (modules), commercial licenses for Tarantool EnterpriseOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageScalaC#C and C++Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
WindowsBSD
Linux
macOS
Data schemeyesyesFlexible data schema: relational definition for tables with ability to store json-like documents in columnsyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)string, double, decimal, uuid, integer, blob, boolean, datetimeyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoFull-featured ANSI SQL supportGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
.NET Client APIOpen binary protocolGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
C
C#
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
Lua
Perl
PHP
Python
Rust
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoLua, C and SQL stored proceduresno
Triggersnonoyes, before/after data modification events, on replication events, client session eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, utilizing Spark CorenoneSharding, partitioned with virtual buckets by user defined affinity key. Live resharding for scale up and scale down without maintenance downtime.Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneAsynchronous replication with multi-master option
Configurable replication topology (full-mesh, chain, star)
Synchronous quorum replication (with Raft)
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemCasual consistency across sharding partitions
Eventual consistency within replicaset partition infowhen using asyncronous replication
Immediate Consistency within single instance
Sequential consistency including linearizable read within replicaset partition infowhen using Raft
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID, with serializable isolation and linearizable read (within partition); Configurable MVCC (within partition); No cross-shard distributed transactionsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, cooperative multitaskingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, write ahead loggingyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes, full featured in-memory storage engine with persistenceyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonoAccess Control Lists
Mutual TLS authentication for Tarantol Enterprise
Password based authentication
Role-based access control (RBAC) and LDAP for Tarantol Enterprise
Users and Roles
API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Spark SQLSTSdbTarantoolWeaviate
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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