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System Properties Comparison Oracle Rdb vs. RDFox vs. Sequoiadb vs. Weaviate

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NameOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonWeaviate  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engineNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLAn AI-native realtime vector database engine that integrates scalable machine learning models.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Document store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Score0.45
Rank#261  Overall
#41  Document stores
#122  Relational DBMS
Score1.73
Rank#143  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlwww.oxfordsemantic.techwww.sequoiadb.comgithub.com/­weaviate/­weaviate
weaviate.io
Technical documentationwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmldocs.oxfordsemantic.techwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexweaviate.io/­developers/­weaviate
DeveloperOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Oxford Semantic TechnologiesSequoiadb Ltd.Weaviate B.V.
Initial release1984201720132019
Current release7.4.1.1, 20216.0, Septermber 20221.19, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infocommercial license available with Weaviate Enterprise
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++Go
Server operating systemsHP Open VMSLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)yes infoRDF schemasschema-freeyes, maps to GraphQL interface
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes 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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoall data objects are indexed in a semantic vector space (the Contextionary), all primitive fields are indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languageGraphQL is used as query language
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
proprietary protocol using JSONGraphQL query language
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJavaScriptno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesreplication via a shared file systemSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setupsEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodeACIDDocument is locked during a transactionno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRoles, resources, and access typessimple password-based access controlAPI Keys
OpenID Connect Discovery
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Oracle RdbRDFoxSequoiadbWeaviate
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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