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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. AlaSQL vs. OrigoDB vs. Qdrant vs. Weaviate

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformJavaScript DBMS libraryA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#53  Document stores
#20  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlalasql.orgorigodb.comgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
github.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlorigodb.com/­docsqdrant.tech/­documentationweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperSoftware AGAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffRobert Friberg et alQdrantWeaviate B.V.
Initial release197120142009 infounder the name LiveDB20212019
Current release1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC#RustGo
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoUser defined using .NET types and collectionsNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyes 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 infocan be achieved using .NETnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL GatewayClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
JavaScript API.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesNaturalJavaScript.Net.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnoyesno
Triggersnoyesyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas Vistanonehorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatornoneSource-replica replicationCollection-level replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency, tunable consistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infoWrite ahead logyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noRole based authorizationKey-based authenticationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"AlaSQLOrigoDBQdrantWeaviate
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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