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DBMS > AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Derby vs. LeanXcale vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. Derby vs. LeanXcale vs. Milvus

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDB  Xexclude from comparisonLeanXcale  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS libraryFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.A 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
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score4.71
Rank#69  Overall
#37  Relational DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#291  Overall
#41  Key-value stores
#132  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orgdb.apache.org/­derbywww.leanxcale.commilvus.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationLeanXcale
Initial release20162014199720152019
Current release2.1, December 201810.17.1.0, November 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 languageCJavaScriptJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesyes
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.nonoyesno
Secondary indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesyes infothrough Apache Derbyno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJDBCJDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptJavaC
Java
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersnoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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AgensGraphAlaSQLDerby infooften called Apache Derby, originally IBM Cloudscape; contained in the Java SDK as JavaDBLeanXcaleMilvus
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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