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DBMS > 4D vs. Apache Doris vs. BigchainDB vs. Heroic vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Apache Doris vs. BigchainDB vs. Heroic vs. Milvus

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMSVector DBMS
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#244  Overall
#113  Relational DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Score0.51
Rank#255  Overall
#21  Time Series DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comdoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
www.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicmilvus.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikibigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestspotify.github.io/­heroicmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
Developer4D, IncApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from BaiduSpotify
Initial release19842017201620142019
Current releasev20, April 20231.2.2, February 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaPythonJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
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 indexesyesyesyes infovia Elasticsearchno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92yesnonono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
JDBC
MySQL client
CLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
JavaGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneselectable replication factoryes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Bounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nononoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyesRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionApache DorisBigchainDBHeroicMilvus
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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