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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonH2GIS  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Spatial extension of H2An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldb.apache.org/­derbywww.h2gis.orggithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlwww.h2gis.org/­docs/­homeweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsApache Software FoundationCNRSWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2000199720132019
Current release4.9.0, July 202310.17.1.0, November 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoLGPL 3.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaJavaGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMAll OS with a Java VM
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesyes, 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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
JDBCGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaJavaJavaJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresyes infobased on H2no
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationyes infobased on H2yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infobased on H2API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache Jena - TDBDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBH2GISWeaviate
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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