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DBMS > LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SiriDB vs. Weaviate

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. Sadas Engine vs. SAP Adaptive Server vs. SiriDB vs. Weaviate

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASE  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsThe SAP (Sybase) Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) is an enterprise-class RDBMSOpen Source Time Series DBMSAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelDocument storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith Boeing's Spatial Query Server
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Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score36.31
Rank#25  Overall
#17  Relational DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.comwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-ase.htmlsiridb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_ASEdocs.siridb.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperSADAS s.r.l.SAP, SybaseCesbitWeaviate B.V.
Initial release20142006198720172019
Current release8.016.01.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Sourcecommercial infofree trial version availablecommercialOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++C and C++CGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)AIX
Linux
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Unix
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infoNumeric datayes 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyes infovia viewsyesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesyesnoGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
HTTP APIGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Cobol
Java
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnoJava and Transact-SQLnono
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioninghorizontal partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple rights management via user accountsAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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LokiJSSadas EngineSAP Adaptive Server infoformer name: Sybase ASESiriDBWeaviate
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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