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System Properties Comparison Galaxybase vs. jBASE vs. VelocityDB vs. Weaviate

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Name

Description

Scalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platform

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

A .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 model

Graph DBMS

Multivalue DBMS

Graph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS

Vector DBMS

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Score	0.00
Rank	#385	Overall
	#40	Graph DBMS

Score	1.36
Rank	#157	Overall
	#3	Multivalue DBMS

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Rank	#385	Overall
	#40	Graph DBMS
	#21	Object oriented DBMS

Score	1.48
Rank	#149	Overall
	#8	Vector DBMS

Website

galaxybase.com

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

velocitydb.com

github.com/weaviate/weaviate
weaviate.io

Technical documentation

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

velocitydb.com/UserGuide

weaviate.io/developers/weaviate

Developer

Chuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

VelocityDB Inc

Weaviate B.V.

Initial release

2017

1991

2011

2019

Current release

Nov 20, November 2021

5.7

7.x

1.19, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

commercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Implementation language

C and Java

Server operating systems

Linux

AIX
Linux
Windows

Any that supports .NET

Data scheme

Strong typed schema

schema-free

yes

yes, maps to GraphQL interface

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

optional

yes

string, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

all data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

GraphQL is used as query language

APIs and other access methods

Browser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

.Net

GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

Go
Java
Python

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

.Net

JavaScript / TypeScript
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

user defined procedures and functions

yes

Triggers

yes

Callbacks are triggered when data changes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Relationships in graphs

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Role-based access control

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

Based on Windows Authentication

API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

All companies that have data.
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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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