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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. LeanXcale vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Apache Drill vs. LeanXcale vs. Milvus

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS librarySchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA highly scalable full ACID SQL database with fast NoSQL data ingestion and GIS capabilitiesA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Key-value store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.16
Rank#333  Overall
#30  Graph DBMS
#146  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#119  Overall
#23  Document stores
#56  Relational DBMS
Score0.35
Rank#283  Overall
#41  Key-value stores
#128  Relational DBMS
Score1.81
Rank#144  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgdrill.apache.orgwww.leanxcale.commilvus.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldrill.apache.org/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationLeanXcale
Initial release20162014201220152019
Current release2.1, December 20181.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaScriptC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesVector, 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.SQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantyes infothrough Apache Derbyno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptC++C
Java
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnouser defined functionsno
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynonenoneImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoDepending on the underlying data sourceRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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AgensGraphAlaSQLApache DrillLeanXcaleMilvus
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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