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System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. Apache Jena - TDB vs. Axibase vs. RDF4J vs. Weaviate

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonAxibase  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkScalable TimeSeries DBMS based on HBase with integrated rule engine and visualizationRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRDF storeTime Series DBMSRDF storeVector DBMS
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Score1.00
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Score3.85
Rank#86  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.32
Rank#288  Overall
#25  Time Series DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#231  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score1.89
Rank#138  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitealtibase.comjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlaxibase.com/­docs/­atsd/­financerdf4j.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlrdf4j.org/­documentationweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperAltibaseApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsAxibase CorporationSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release19992000201320042019
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 20234.9.0, July 2023155851.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023Open Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercial infoCommunity Edition (single node) is free, Enterprise Edition (distributed) is paidOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaJavaJavaGo
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
All OS with a Java VMLinuxLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF Schemasyesyes infoRDF Schemasyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infoshort, integer, long, float, double, decimal, stringyesyes 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
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92noSQL-like query languagenoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Fuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
JDBC
Proprietary protocol (Network API)
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
JavaGo
Java
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsyesyesyesno
Triggersyesyes infovia event handleryesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replicationnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoTDB TransactionsnoACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess control via Jena SecuritynoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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AltibaseApache Jena - TDBAxibaseRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameWeaviate
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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