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DBMS > IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Realm vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison IBM Db2 warehouse vs. Realm vs. TerminusDB vs. VelocityDB vs. Weaviate

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NameIBM Db2 warehouse infoformerly named IBM dashDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCloud-based data warehousing serviceA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataScalable 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 DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Score1.37
Rank#160  Overall
#74  Relational DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­db2/­warehouserealm.ioterminusdb.comvelocitydb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationrealm.io/­docsterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#velocitydb.com/­UserGuideweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperIBMRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019DataChemist Ltd.VelocityDB IncWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20142014201820112019
Current release11.0.0, January 20237.x1.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageProlog, RustC#Go
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
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.no infoImport/export of XML data possiblenononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language (WOQL)noGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
.NetGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJava
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
JavaScript
Python
.NetJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresPL/SQL, SQL PLno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyesnono
Triggersyesyes infoChange ListenersyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneGraph PartitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneJournaling 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 integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yesyes infoIn-Memory realmyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesRole-based access controlBased on Windows AuthenticationAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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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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