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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Doris vs. Milvus vs. Prometheus

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Doris  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn MPP-based analytics DBMS embracing the MySQL protocolA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring system
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score0.57
Rank#244  Overall
#113  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score8.42
Rank#47  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgdoris.apache.org
github.com/­apache/­doris
milvus.ioprometheus.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlgithub.com/­apache/­doris/­wikimilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdprometheus.io/­docs
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from Baidu
Initial release2014201720192015
Current release1.2.2, February 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++, GoGo
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)LinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesVector, Numeric and StringNumeric data only
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 infoImport of XML data possible
Secondary indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBC
MySQL client
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnonenoneyes infoby Federation
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes 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.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsno
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AlaSQLApache DorisMilvusPrometheus
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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