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DBMS > 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. STSdb vs. TigerGraph vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AlaSQL vs. STSdb vs. TigerGraph vs. Weaviate

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemJavaScript DBMS libraryKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeGraph DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comalasql.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4www.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.tigergraph.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Developer4D, IncAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffSTS Soft SCWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19842014201120172019
Current releasev20, April 20234.0.8, September 20151.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#C++Go
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yesyes 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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92Close to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query language (GSQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JavaScript API.NET Client APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaScriptC#
Java
C++
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnonoyesno
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnonenoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsnonoRole-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAlaSQLSTSdbTigerGraphWeaviate
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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