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DBMS > Adabas vs. Databricks vs. InfinityDB vs. Valentina Server vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Databricks vs. InfinityDB vs. Valentina Server vs. Weaviate

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  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.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceObject-relational database and reports serverAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score3.17
Rank#94  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#378  Overall
#57  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlwww.databricks.comboilerbay.comwww.valentina-db.netgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.phpweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperSoftware AGDatabricksBoiler Bay Inc.Paradigma SoftwareWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19712013200219992019
Current release4.05.7.51.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaGo
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
hostedAll OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysyesyes 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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesyes 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 SQLnoyesGraphQL 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
Access via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
ODBCGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesNaturalPython
R
Scala
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturaluser defined functions and aggregatesnoyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
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 Replicatoryesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nononoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)nofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"DatabricksInfinityDBValentina ServerWeaviate
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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