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System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. RDF4J vs. SAP IQ vs. searchxml vs. Weaviate

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.RDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRDF storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Vector DBMS
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Score49.73
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.71
Rank#231  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score3.27
Rank#96  Overall
#50  Relational DBMS
Score0.01
Rank#386  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Score1.89
Rank#138  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakerrdf4j.orgwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productsgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationrdf4j.org/­documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.SAP, formerly Sybaseinformationpartners gmbhWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19832004199420152019
Current release19.4.1, November 202116.1 SPS04, April 20191.01.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++Go
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyes infoRDF Schemasyesschema-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 infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnoyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnoyesnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesPHPJava
PHP
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesyes infoon the application serverno
Triggersyesyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenoneshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexernoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACIDmultiple readers, single writerno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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FileMakerRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQsearchxmlWeaviate
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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