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System Properties Comparison Informix vs. JanusGraph vs. Realm vs. Weaviate

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NameInformix  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA secure embeddable database from IBM, positioned besides IBM Db2 as a relatively low-cost product optimized for OLTP and Internet of Things dataA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypes compatible with MongoDBGraph DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS infowith Informix TimeSeries Extension
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Score17.87
Rank#35  Overall
#22  Relational DBMS
Score1.94
Rank#129  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.ibm.com/­products/­informixjanusgraph.orgrealm.iogithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationinformix.hcldoc.com
www.ibm.com/­support/­knowledgecenter/­SSGU8G/­welcomeIfxServers.html
docs.janusgraph.orgrealm.io/­docsweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperIBM, HCL Technologies infoEffective May 1st, 2017, HCL took on development, technical support, and product management teams, and works jointly with IBM on product strategy, marketing, and sales.Linux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by AureliusRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Weaviate B.V.
Initial release1984201720142019
Current release14.10.FC5, November 20200.6.3, February 20231.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree developer edition availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++ and JavaJavaGo
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoSince Version 12.10 support for JSON/BSON datatypesyesyesyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON API infoMongoDB compatible
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Clojure
Java
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryno
Triggersyesyesyes infoChange Listenersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)noneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics enginenono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoRelationships in graphsnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoIn-Memory realmyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authentication, authorization, and auditing controlsUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServeryesAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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InformixJanusGraph infosuccessor of TitanRealmWeaviate
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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