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System Properties Comparison AgensGraph vs. Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Milvus vs. NuoDB

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NameAgensGraph  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMulti-model database supporting relational and graph data models and built upon PostgreSQLDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactions
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument storeVector DBMSRelational 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
Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Websitebitnine.net/­agensgraphdgraph.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmilvus.iowww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-database
Technical documentationbitnine.net/­documentationdgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperBitnine Global Inc.Dgraph Labs, Inc.Dassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.
Initial release20162016201420192013
Current release2.1, December 20182.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition free
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageCGoJavaScriptC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemedepending on used data modelschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoVector, 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 indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsCypher Query Language
JDBC
GraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
Java
JavaScript
Python
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoView functions in JavaScriptnoJava, SQL
Triggersnonoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesno, but can be realized using table inheritanceyesnoneShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/written
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication via Raftnoneyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDB
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenoACID infotunable commit protocol
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoMVCC
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes infoTemporary table
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardno infoPlanned for future releasesnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Users
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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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