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DBMS > JaguarDB vs. jBASE vs. Lovefield vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison JaguarDB vs. jBASE vs. Lovefield vs. Weaviate

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NameJaguarDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionPerformant, highly scalable DBMS for AI and IoT applicationsA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareEmbeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelKey-value store
Vector DBMS
Multivalue DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.06
Rank#381  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
#14  Vector DBMS
Score1.49
Rank#156  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.33
Rank#286  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.jaguardb.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbasegoogle.github.io/­lovefieldgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.jaguardb.com/­support.htmldocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9github.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperDataJaguar, Inc.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)GoogleWeaviate B.V.
Initial release2015199120142019
Current release3.3 July 20235.72.1.12, February 20171.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPL V3.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++ infothe server part. Clients available in other languagesJavaScriptGo
Server operating systemsLinuxAIX
Linux
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesyes 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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infobut no views, foreign keys, triggersEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
JavaScriptJavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
TriggersnoyesUsing read-only observersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infousing MemoryDByes
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelnoAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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JaguarDBjBASELovefieldWeaviate
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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