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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. jBASE vs. SQL.JS vs. Weaviate

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewarePort of SQLite to JavaScriptAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document storeMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score1.41
Rank#159  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orgfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasesql.js.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasedocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9sql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20142012199120122019
Current release5.71.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesoptionalyesyes 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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
JavaScript APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnolimited functionality with using 'rules'yesnono
TriggersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
noneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyesACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AlaSQLFirebase Realtime DatabasejBASESQL.JSWeaviate
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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