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System Properties Comparison jBASE vs. Kingbase vs. Weaviate

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Name

Description

A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middleware

An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with PostgreSQL and Oracle and widely used in China.

An AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.

Primary database model

Multivalue DBMS

Relational DBMS

Vector DBMS

Secondary database models

Document store
Spatial DBMS

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Score	1.31
Rank	#153	Overall
	#4	Multivalue DBMS

Score	0.41
Rank	#260	Overall
	#120	Relational DBMS

Score	1.86
Rank	#123	Overall
	#11	Vector DBMS

Website

www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/rocket-jbase

www.kingbase.com.cn

github.com/weaviate/weaviate
weaviate.io

Technical documentation

docs.rocketsoftware.com/bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9

weaviate.io/developers/weaviate

Developer

Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)

BeiJing KINGBASE Information technologies inc.

Weaviate B.V.

Initial release

1991

1999

2019

Current release

5.7

V8.0, August 2021

1.19, May 2023

License

Commercial or Open Source

commercial

Open Source

commercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

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Database as a Service

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Implementation language

C and Java

Server operating systems

AIX
Linux
Windows

Linux
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

yes

yes, maps to GraphQL interface

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

optional

yes

string, int, float, geo point, date, cross reference, fuzzy references

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

yes

Secondary indexes

yes

all data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed

SQL

Support of SQL

Embedded SQL for jBASE in BASIC

Standard with numerous extensions

GraphQL is used as query language

APIs and other access methods

JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API

ADO.NET
gokb
JDBC
kdbndp
ODBC
PDI
PDO
Pro*C
psycopg2
QT

GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API

Supported programming languages

.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java

.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python

JavaScript / TypeScript
Python

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

yes

user defined functions

Triggers

yes

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

Sharding

horizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioning

Sharding

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

yes

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Eventual Consistency

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

yes

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Access rights can be defined down to the item level

fine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

API Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery

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Specific characteristics

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Competitive advantages

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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

All companies that have data.
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Market metrics

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Licensing and pricing models

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