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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolt  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A MySQL compatible DBMS with Git-like versioning of data and schemaHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeRelational DBMS
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#193  Overall
#90  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbygithub.com/­dolthub/­dolt
www.dolthub.com
www.oxfordsemantic.techgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.dolthub.comdocs.oxfordsemantic.techweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationDoltHub IncOxford Semantic TechnologiesWeaviate B.V.
Initial release1997201820172019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 20236.0, Septermber 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaGoC++Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF schemasyes, 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 indexesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBCCLI Client
HTTP REST
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
C
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infocurrently in alpha releaseno
Triggersyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationA database can be cloned to multiple locations and be used there in isolation. Data/schema changes can be pushed/pulled explicitly between locations.replication via a shared file systemyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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 controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardOnly one user is configurable, and must be specified in the config file at startupRoles, resources, and access typesAPI Keys
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBDoltRDFoxWeaviate
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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