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DBMS > GraphDB vs. HarperDB vs. SAP IQ vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison GraphDB vs. HarperDB vs. SAP IQ vs. Weaviate

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NameGraphDB infoformer name: OWLIM  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-ready RDF and graph database with efficient reasoning, cluster and external index synchronization support. It supports also SQL JDBC access to Knowledge Graph and GraphQL over SPARQL.Ultra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.Columnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document storeRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedVector DBMS
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Score3.25
Rank#91  Overall
#7  Graph DBMS
#4  RDF stores
Score0.60
Rank#244  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score2.64
Rank#108  Overall
#52  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ontotext.comwww.harperdb.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationgraphdb.ontotext.com/­documentationdocs.harperdb.io/­docshelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
Social network pagesLinkedInTwitterYouTubeGitHubMedium
DeveloperOntotextHarperDBSAP, formerly SybaseWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2000201719942019
Current release10.4, October 20233.1, August 202116.1 SPS04, April 20191.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoSome plugins of GraphDB Workbench are open sourcedcommercial infofree community edition availablecommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaNode.jsGo
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema support; RDF shapesdynamic schemayesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoJSON data typesyesyes 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyes, supports real-time synchronization and indexing in SOLR/Elastic search/Lucene and GeoSPARQL geometry data indexesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLstored SPARQL accessed as SQL using Apache Calcite through JDBC/ODBCSQL-like data manipulation statementsyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsGeoSPARQL
GraphQL
GraphQL Federation
Java API
JDBC
RDF4J API
RDFS
RIO
Sail API
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL 1.1
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Clojure
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored procedureswell-defined plugin interfaces; JavaScript server-side extensibilityCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clustershared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ MultiplexerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSAP/Sybase Replication Serveryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency, Eventual consistency (configurable in cluster mode per master or individual client request)Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoConstraint checkingnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, using LMDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlDefault Basic authentication through RDF4J client, or via Java when run with cURL, default token-based in the Workbench or via Rest API, optional access through OpenID or Kerberos single sign-on.Access rights for users and rolesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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GraphDB infoformer name: OWLIMHarperDBSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQWeaviate
Specific characteristicsOntotext GraphDB is a semantic database engine that allows organizations to build...
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Weaviate is an open source vector database that is robust, scalable, cloud-native,...
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Competitive advantagesGraphDB allows you to link text and data in big knowledge graphs. It’s easy to experiment...
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Flexible deployment - Free, open source or fully-managed cloud vector database service...
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Typical application scenariosMetadata enrichment and management, linked data publishing, semantic inferencing...
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As a database supporting the development of generative AI and semantic search applications...
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Key customers​ GraphDB provides a platform for building next-generation AI and Knowledge Graph...
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All companies that have data. ​
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Market metricsGraphDB is the most utilized semantic triplestore for mission-critical enterprise...
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As of mid 2023: Over 2 million open source downloads 3500+ Weaviate Slack community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGraphDB Free is a non-commercial version and is free to use. GraphDB Enterprise edition...
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Weaviate is open-source, and free to use. Weaviate is also available as a fully managed...
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