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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. EXASOL vs. LeanXcale vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. EXASOL vs. LeanXcale vs. Weaviate

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.A highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilitiesAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#291  Overall
#41  Key-value stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.exasol.comwww.leanxcale.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
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Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.exasol.com/­resourcesweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsExasolLeanXcaleWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19842000200020152019
Current releasev20, April 20234.9.0, July 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaGo
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes 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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesyes infothrough Apache DerbyGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaJava
Lua
Python
R
C
Java
Scala
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes infovia event handleryesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsAccess control via Jena SecurityAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache Jena - TDBEXASOLLeanXcaleWeaviate
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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