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System Properties Comparison 4D vs. H2 vs. HarperDB vs. ObjectBox vs. Weaviate

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Lightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score8.33
Rank#46  Overall
#30  Relational DBMS
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.h2database.comwww.harperdb.iogithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
github.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.htmldocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.objectbox.ioweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Developer4D, IncThomas MuellerHarperDBObjectBox LimitedWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19842005201720172019
Current releasev20, April 20232.2.220, July 20233.1, August 20214.0 (May 2024)1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial infofree community edition availableBindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsC and C++Go
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeyesyesdynamic schemayesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoJSON data typesyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes 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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesSQL-like data manipulation statementsnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
Proprietary native APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined FunctionsCustom Functions infosince release 3.1nono
Triggersyesyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusternoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationWith clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a databaseyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and rolesyesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionH2HarperDBObjectBoxWeaviate
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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