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

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkEnterprise-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.A general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMSDocument store
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#348  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.esgyn.cntinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlingithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
github.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviatewww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsEsgynWeaviate B.V.Juxt Ltd.
Initial release20002015200920192019
Current release4.9.0, July 20231.19, May 20231.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate EnterpriseOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaJavaGoClojure
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interfaceschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyes infostring, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy referencesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoGraphQL is used as query languagelimited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
TinkerPop 3GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetGroovy
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresnonono
Triggersyes infovia event handlernononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication between multi datacentersnoneyesyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesoptionalyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Apache Jena - TDBEsgynDBTinkerGraphWeaviateXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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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