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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Amazon SimpleDB vs. CockroachDB vs. Milvus vs. Warp 10

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonAmazon SimpleDB  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonWarp 10  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryHosted simple database service by Amazon, with the data stored in the Amazon Cloud. infoThere is an unrelated product called SimpleDB developed by Edward ScioreCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesTimeSeries DBMS specialized on timestamped geo data based on LevelDB or HBase
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.53
Rank#258  Overall
#40  Document stores
#119  Relational DBMS
Score1.90
Rank#145  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score6.39
Rank#60  Overall
#34  Relational DBMS
Score1.70
Rank#150  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#342  Overall
#32  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgaws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.cockroachlabs.commilvus.iowww.warp10.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.aws.amazon.com/­simpledbwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.warp10.io/­content/­02_Getting_started
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAmazonCockroach LabsSenX
Initial release20142007201520192015
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptGoC++, GoJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freedynamic schemaschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesVector, 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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyes infoAll columns are indexed automaticallyyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBCRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Jupyter
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesJavaScript.Net
C
C++
Erlang
Java
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes infoWarpScript
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenone infoSharding must be implemented in the applicationhorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTShardingSharding infobased on HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesMulti-source replication using RAFTselectable replication factor infobased on HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency infocan be specified for read operations
Immediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency infobased on HBase
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageno infoConcurrent data updates can be detected by the applicationACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and roles can be defined via the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsMandatory use of cryptographic tokens, containing fine-grained authorizations
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AlaSQLAmazon SimpleDBCockroachDBMilvusWarp 10
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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Milvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Highly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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RAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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Milvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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As of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing models- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
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Milvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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