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DBMS > 4D vs. Milvus vs. Realm vs. TigerGraph vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Milvus vs. Realm vs. TigerGraph vs. XTDB

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemA 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 DataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSDocument storeGraph 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
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score7.60
Rank#52  Overall
#9  Document stores
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#343  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websitewww.4d.commilvus.iorealm.iowww.tigergraph.comgithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.commilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdrealm.io/­docsdocs.tigergraph.comwww.xtdb.com/­docs
Developer4D, IncRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Juxt Ltd.
Initial release19842019201420172019
Current releasev20, April 20232.3.4, January 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++Clojure
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
LinuxAll OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyesyes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nonoSQL-like query language (GSQL)limited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
RESTful HTTP APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
C++
Java
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyesno
Triggersyesnoyes infoChange Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationnoneyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoIn-Memory realmno
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyesRole-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
4D infoformer name: 4th DimensionMilvusRealmTigerGraphXTDB infoformerly named Crux
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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