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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. EDB Postgres vs. EsgynDB vs. TinkerGraph vs. Weaviate

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonEDB Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkThe EDB Postgres Platform is an enterprise-class data management platform based on the open source database PostgreSQL with flexible deployment options and Oracle compatibility features, complemented by tool kits for management, integration, and migration.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 APIAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score1.90
Rank#135  Overall
#63  Relational DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.enterprisedb.comwww.esgyn.cntinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlingithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.enterprisedb.com/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsEnterpriseDBEsgynWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20002005201520092019
Current release4.9.0, July 202314, December 20211.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercial infoBSD for PostgreSQL-componentscommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaCC++, JavaJavaGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesyes 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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infostandard with numerous extensionsyesnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
TinkerPop 3GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetGroovy
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.Java Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoby hash, list or rangeShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesnoyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesoptionalyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache Jena - TDBEDB PostgresEsgynDBTinkerGraphWeaviate
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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