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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Apache Pinot vs. Elasticsearch vs. MaxDB vs. Milvus

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonElasticsearch  Xexclude from comparisonMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyA distributed, RESTful modern search and analytics engine based on Apache Lucene infoElasticsearch lets you perform and combine many types of searches such as structured, unstructured, geo, and metricA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Vector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.23
Rank#315  Overall
#26  Graph DBMS
#140  Relational DBMS
Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score132.83
Rank#7  Overall
#1  Search engines
Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphpinot.apache.orgwww.elastic.co/­elasticsearchmaxdb.sap.commilvus.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgwww.elastic.co/­guide/­en/­elasticsearch/­reference/­current/­index.htmlmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software Foundation and contributorsElasticSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997
Initial release20162015201019842019
Current release2.1, December 20181.0.0, September 20238.6, January 20237.9.10.12, February 20242.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoElastic Licensecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCJavaJavaC++C++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK11 or higherAll OS with a Java VMAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesschema-free infoFlexible type definitions. Once a type is defined, it is persistentyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesyesVector, 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 indexesyesyes infoAll search fields are automatically indexedyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesSQL-like query languageSQL-like query languageyesno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBCJava API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Go
Java
Python
.Net
Groovy
Community Contributed Clients
Java
JavaScript
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyesyesno
Triggersnoyes infoby using the 'percolation' featureyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancehorizontal partitioningShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoES-Hadoop Connectornono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infoSynchronous doc based replication. Get by ID may show delays up to 1 sec. Configurable write consistency: one, quorum, allImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
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.noMemcached and Redis integrationnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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AgensGraphApache PinotElasticsearchMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DMilvus
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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