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System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. STSdb vs. Tibero vs. TigerGraph vs. Weaviate

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTibero  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodA secure RDBMS, designed for easy portability from OracleA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score1.59
Rank#148  Overall
#68  Relational DBMS
Score1.80
Rank#138  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitemaxdb.sap.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4us.tmaxsoft.com/­products/­tiberowww.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationtechnet.tmaxsoft.com/­upload/­download/­online/­tibero/­pver-20150504-000002/­index.htmldocs.tigergraph.comweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997STS Soft SCTmaxSoftWeaviate B.V.
Initial release19842011200320172019
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20244.0.8, September 20156, April 20151.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#C and AssemblerC++Go
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
WindowsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesyesyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yesyesyes 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 indexesyesnoyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like query language (GSQL)GraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
.NET Client APIJDBC
ODBC
ODP.NET
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
Tibero CLI
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
GraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C#
Java
C
C#
C++
Cobol
Java
Objective-C
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Visual Basic
C++
Java
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoPersistent Stored Procedure (PSM)yesno
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonehorizontal partitioning infoby range, hash, list or compositeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nono infoplanned for next versionnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard (SQL 92, SQL 99)Role-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DSTSdbTiberoTigerGraphWeaviate
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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