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System Properties Comparison Derby vs. Teradata vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB vs. Weaviate

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NameDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTeradata  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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 hybrid cloud data analytics software platform (Teradata Vantage)Scalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationshipsA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
RDF store
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Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score45.33
Rank#21  Overall
#15  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitedb.apache.org/­derbywww.teradata.comterminusdb.comvelocitydb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmldocs.teradata.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuideweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperApache Software FoundationTeradataDataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB IncWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19971984201820112019
Current release10.17.1.0, November 2023Teradata Vantage 1.0 MU2, January 201911.0.0, January 20237.x1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoGPL V3commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaProlog, RustC#Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMhosted
Linux
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes, 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.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoJoin-index to prejoin tables, aggregate index, sparse index, hash indexyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyes infoSQL 2016 + extensionsSQL-like query language (WOQL)noGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC.NET Client API
HTTP REST
JDBC
JMS Adapter
ODBC
OLE DB
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.NetGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaC
C++
Cobol
Java (JDBC-ODBC)
Perl
PL/1
Python
R
Ruby
JavaScript
Python
.NetJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresyes infoUDFs, stored procedures, table functions in parallelyesnono
TriggersyesyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoHashingGraph PartitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Journaling Streamsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoin-memory journalingyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlBased on Windows AuthenticationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Derby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBTeradataTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemistVelocityDBWeaviate
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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