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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Cachelot.io vs. Coveo vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. Weaviate

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonCoveo  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformIn-memory caching systemAI-powered hosted search, recommendation and personalization platform providing tools for both low-code and full-code developmentA distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSKey-value storeSearch engineRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score2.11
Rank#118  Overall
#11  Search engines
Score0.46
Rank#266  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlcachelot.iowww.coveo.comkyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.coveo.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperSoftware AGCoveoKyligence, Inc.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release19712015201220162019
Current release1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicensecommercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
hostedLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freehybrid - fields need to be configured prior to indexing, but relationships can be exploited at query time without pre-configurationyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesyes 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesyes 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 GatewaynonoANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)GraphQL 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
Memcached protocolRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesNatural.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnonono
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneyesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatornoneyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoyesno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)nogranular access controls, API key management, content filtersAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"Cachelot.ioCoveoKyligence EnterpriseWeaviate
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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