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System Properties Comparison Adabas vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox vs. searchxml

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NameAdabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOLTP - DBMS for mainframes and Linux/Unix/Windows environments infoused typically together with the Natural programming platformA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSVector DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.79
Rank#102  Overall
#2  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#390  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitewww.softwareag.com/­en_corporate/­platform/­adabas-natural.htmlmilvus.iogithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.objectbox.iowww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperSoftware AGObjectBox Limitedinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release1971201920172015
Current release2.4.4, May 20244.0 (May 2024)1.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++, GoC and C++C++
Server operating systemsBS2000
Linux
Unix
Windows
z/OS
z/VSE
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infowith add-on product Adabas SQL Gatewaynonono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
SOAP-based API infowith add-on software Adabas SOA Gateway
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary native APIRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesNaturalC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin Naturalnonoyes infoon the application server
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes, with additonal products like Adabas Cluster Services, Adabas Parallel Services, Adabas VistaShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with add-on product Event ReplicatorData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDmultiple readers, single writer
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.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlonly with OS-specific tools (e.g. IBM RACF, CA Top Secret)Role based access control and fine grained access rightsyesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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Adabas infodenotes "adaptable data base"MilvusObjectBoxsearchxml
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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