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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Milvus vs. TerarkDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Apache Phoenix vs. Milvus vs. TerarkDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMSKey-value store
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgphoenix.apache.orgmilvus.iogithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlphoenix.apache.orgmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdbytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffApache Software FoundationByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release2014201420192016
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20192.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeschema-freeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesVector, Numeric and Stringno
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 indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.yesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCRESTful HTTP APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integrationnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDnono
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.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancyRole based access control and fine grained access rightsno
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AlaSQLApache PhoenixMilvusTerarkDB
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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