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DBMS > Ingres vs. Lovefield vs. RDF4J vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison Ingres vs. Lovefield vs. RDF4J vs. UniData,UniVerse vs. Weaviate

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NameIngres  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonRDF4J infoformerly known as Sesame  Xexclude from comparisonUniData,UniVerse  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionWell established RDBMSEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptRDF4J is a Java framework for processing RDF data, supporting both memory-based and a disk-based storage.MultiValue database and application server with SQL mapping layer and meta database capabilitiesAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSRDF storeMultivalue DBMSVector DBMS
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Score3.80
Rank#82  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score0.74
Rank#222  Overall
#9  RDF stores
Score2.85
Rank#98  Overall
#1  Multivalue DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldrdf4j.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-unidatagithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationdocs.actian.com/­ingresgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdrdf4j.org/­documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?cluster=true&labelkey=unidata&labelkey=prod_unidataweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperActian CorporationGoogleSince 2016 officially forked into an Eclipse project, former developer was Aduna Software.Rocket SoftwareWeaviate B.V.
Initial release1974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2014200419852019
Current release11.2, May 20222.1.12, February 20171.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoEclipse Distribution License (EDL), v1.0.commercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJavaCGo
Server operating systemsAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafariLinux
OS X
Unix
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes infoRDF Schemasschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesoptionalyes 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 infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availablenono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnoyesGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
Java API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
Sail API
SeRQL infoSesame RDF Query Language
Sesame REST HTTP Protocol
SPARQL
Java API infoJPA
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJava
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic infoU2 Basic
C
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoyesyesno
TriggersyesUsing read-only observersyesyes infoU2 Basicno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslynonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesIngres ReplicatornonenoneSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID infoIsolation support depends on the API usedACID infoconfigurableno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoMVCCyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes infoin-memory storage is supported as wellyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnonoAccess rights according to SQL-standard and operating system basedAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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IngresLovefieldRDF4J infoformerly known as SesameUniData,UniVerseWeaviate
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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