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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. AlaSQL vs. GeoSpock vs. Milvus vs. Vertica

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™  Xexclude from comparison
GeoSpock seems to be discontinued. Therefore it will be excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLJavaScript DBMS librarySpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesCloud or off-cloud analytical database and query engine for structured and semi-structured streaming and batch data. Machine learning platform with built-in algorithms, data preparation capabilities, and model evaluation and management via SQL or Python.
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Document store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS infoColumn oriented
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMS
Time Series 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
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score10.68
Rank#43  Overall
#27  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphalasql.orggeospock.commilvus.iowww.vertica.com
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdvertica.com/­documentation
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Andrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGeoSpockOpenText infopreviously Micro Focus and Hewlett Packard
Initial release2016201420192005
Current release2.1, December 20182.0, September 20192.3.4, January 202412.0.3, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infoLimited community edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono infoon-premises, all major clouds - Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform and containers
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageCJavaScriptJava, JavascriptC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeyesYes, but also semi-structure/unstructured data storage, and complex hierarchical data (like Parquet) stored and/or queried.
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnotemporal, categoricalnoNo Indexes Required. Different internal optimization strategy, but same functionality included.
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.ANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)noFull 1999 standard plus machine learning, time series and geospatial. Over 650 functions.
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JavaScript APIJDBCRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spark Connector
vSQL infocharacter-based, interactive, front-end utility
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnononoyes, PostgreSQL PL/pgSQL, with minor differences
Triggersnoyesnonoyes, called Custom Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneAutomatic shardingShardinghorizontal partitioning, hierarchical partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneMulti-source replication infoOne, or more copies of data replicated across nodes, or object-store used for repository.
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono infoBi-directional Spark integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonoACID
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.noyesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoAccess rights for users can be defined per tableRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard; supports Kerberos, LDAP, Ident and hash
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AgensGraphAlaSQLGeoSpockMilvusVertica infoOpenText™ Vertica™
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Deploy-anywhere database for large-scale analytical deployments. Deploy off-cloud,...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Fast, scalable, and capable of high concurrency. Separation of compute/storage leverages...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Communication and network analytics, Embedded analytics, Fraud monitoring and Risk...
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Abiba Systems, Adform, adMarketplace, AmeriPride, Anritsu, AOL, Avito, Auckland Transport,...
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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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Cost-based models and subscription-based models are both available. One license is...
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