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

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

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NameAgensGraph  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 PostgreSQLFull-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
Relational DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMS
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Score0.20
Rank#321  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
#143  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/­agensgraphdb.apache.org/­derbywww.leanxcale.commilvus.io
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdb.apache.org/­derby/­manuals/­index.htmlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Apache Software FoundationLeanXcale
Initial release2016199720152019
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 infoApache version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageCJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemedepending on used data modelyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, 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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesyes infothrough Apache Derbyno
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
JDBCJDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
proprietary key/value interface
Spark Connector
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
JavaC
Java
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritancenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno
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.noyesyesyes
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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AgensGraphDerby 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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