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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Databricks vs. Geode vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Weaviate

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeSearch engineVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
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Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score81.08
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.databricks.comgeode.apache.orgazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comgeode.apache.org/­docslearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperSoftware AGDatabricksOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.MicrosoftWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19712013200220152019
Current release1.1, February 2017V11.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfirecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaGo
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredhosted
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes 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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes 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 Gatewaywith Databricks SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)noGraphQL 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
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesNaturalPython
R
Scala
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functions and aggregatesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnoyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatoryesMulti-source replicationyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes, on a single nodenono
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.nonoyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Access rights per client and object definableyes infousing Azure authenticationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"DatabricksGeodeMicrosoft Azure AI SearchWeaviate
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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Weaviate 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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