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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. AllegroGraph vs. jBASE vs. Weaviate

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAllegroGraph  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryHigh performance, persistent RDF store with additional support for Graph DBMSA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store infowith version 6.5
Graph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#187  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
#7  RDF stores
#7  Vector DBMS
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgallegrograph.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfranz.com/­agraph/­support/­documentation/­current/­agraph-introduction.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9weaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFranz Inc.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Weaviate B.V.
Initial release20162014200419912019
Current release2.1, December 20188.0, December 20235.71.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-Licensecommercial infoLimited community edition freecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyes infoRDF schemasschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesoptionalyes 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 infobulk load of XML files possibleyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SPARQL is used as query languageEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptC#
Clojure
Java
Lisp
Perl
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyes infoJavaScript or Common Lispyesno
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonewith FederationShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoUsers with fine-grained authorization concept, user roles and pluggable authenticationAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AgensGraphAlaSQLAllegroGraphjBASEWeaviate
Specific characteristicsKnowledge Graph Platform Leader FedShard - Designed for Entity-Event Knowledge Graph...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesAllegroGraph is uniquely suited to support adhoc queries through SPARQL, Prolog and...
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Flexible 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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