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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. ArangoDB vs. FatDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Weaviate

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonArangoDB  Xexclude from comparisonFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformNative multi-model DBMS for graph, document, key/value and search. All in one engine and accessible with one query language.A .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Search engine
Document store
Key-value store
Spatial DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score3.26
Rank#88  Overall
#15  Document stores
#5  Graph DBMS
#12  Key-value stores
#10  Search engines
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlarangodb.comwww.geomesa.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.arangodb.comwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeFacebookInstagram
DeveloperSoftware AGArangoDB Inc.FatCloudCCRi and othersWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19712012201220142019
Current release3.11.5, November 20235.0.0, May 20241.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial license (Enterprise) availablecommercialOpen Source 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 languageC++C#ScalaGo
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infoautomatically recognizes schema within a collectionschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infostring, double, boolean, list, hashyesyesyes 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 indexesyesyesyesyesyes 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 Gatewaynono infoVia inetgration in SQL ServernoGraphQL 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
AQL
Foxx Framework
Graph API (Gremlin)
GraphQL query language
HTTP API
Java & SpringData
JSON style queries
VelocyPack/VelocyStream
.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesNaturalC#
C++
Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Rust
C#JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin NaturalJavaScriptyes infovia applicationsnono
Triggersnonoyes infovia applicationsnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaSharding infosince version 2.0Shardingdepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorSource-replica replication with configurable replication factorselectable replication factordepending on storage layeryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infocan be done with stored procedures in JavaScriptyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoconfigurable per collection or per write
Immediate Consistency
OneShard (highly available, fault-tolerant deployment mode with ACID semantics)
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
depending on storage layerEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes inforelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonono
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.nodepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)yesno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"ArangoDBFatDBGeoMesaWeaviate
Specific characteristicsGraph and Beyond. With more than 11,000 stargazers on GitHub, ArangoDB is the leading...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesConsolidation: As a native multi-model database, can be used as a full blown document...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosNative multi-model in ArangoDB is being used for a broad range of projects across...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customersCisco, Barclays, Refinitive, Siemens Mentor, Kabbage, Liaison, Douglas, MakeMyTrip,...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsArangoDB is the leading native multi-model database with over 11,000 stargazers on...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsVery permissive Apache 2 License for Community Edition & commercial licenses are...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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