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DBMS > Adabas vs. Cachelot.io vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Cachelot.io vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Weaviate

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  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 systemA 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 storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score0.46
Rank#266  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlcachelot.iokyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperSoftware AGKyligence, Inc.Oracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Weaviate B.V.
Initial release19712015201619842019
Current release7.4.1.1, 20211.19, 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 servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
LinuxHP Open VMS
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes, 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 GatewaynoANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)yesGraphQL 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 protocolJDBC
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
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistanoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event Replicatornoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
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 dataACIDnoyes, on a single nodeno
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.nonononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)noAPI Keys
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"Cachelot.ioKyligence EnterpriseOracle RdbWeaviate
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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