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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. EXASOL vs. Milvus vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. EXASOL vs. Milvus vs. Realm

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonEXASOL  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksHigh-performance, in-memory, MPP database specifically designed for in-memory analytics.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Relational DBMSVector DBMSDocument store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.99
Rank#124  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositorywww.exasol.commilvus.iorealm.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comwww.exasol.com/­resourcesmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdrealm.io/­docs
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsExasolRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release19842016200020192014
Current releasev20, April 202317032.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Zilliz Cloud – Cloud-native service for Milvus
Implementation languageJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92noyesnono
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAP.Net
JDBC
ODBC
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsJava
Lua
Python
R
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesyesyesnoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyesyesyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyes
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionAtos Standard Common RepositoryEXASOLMilvusRealm
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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