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DBMS > 4D vs. GigaSpaces vs. Kinetica vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. GigaSpaces vs. Kinetica vs. Milvus

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHigh performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score2.47
Rank#110  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#188  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.66
Rank#234  Overall
#107  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comwww.gigaspaces.comwww.kinetica.commilvus.io
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmldocs.kinetica.commilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
Developer4D, IncGigaspaces TechnologiesKinetica
Initial release1984200020122019
Current releasev20, April 202315.5, September 20207.1, August 20212.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJava, C++, .NetC, C++C++, Go
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesVector, 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.yesno infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92SQL-99 for query and DML statementsSQL-like DML and DDL statementsno
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
GigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesuser defined functionsno
Triggersyesyes, event driven architectureyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangeno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.noyesyes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRole-based access controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionGigaSpacesKineticaMilvus
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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