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DBMS > 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. GeoSpock vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. GeoSpock vs. Milvus

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS librarySpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.combitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orggeospock.commilvus.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.combitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
Developer4D, IncBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGeoSpock
Initial release1984201620142019
Current releasev20, April 20232.1, December 20182.0, September 20192.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJava, JavascriptC++, Go
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesdepending on used data modelschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesVector, Numeric and String
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnotemporal, categoricalno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
Cypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJDBCRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesnonono
Triggersyesnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per tableRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAgensGraphAlaSQLGeoSpockMilvus
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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