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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. chDB vs. GeoSpock vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. chDB vs. GeoSpock vs. Milvus

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonchDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryAn embedded SQL OLAP Engine powered by ClickHouseSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#376  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitealasql.orggithub.com/­chdb-io/­chdbgeospock.commilvus.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldoc.chdb.iomilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffGeoSpock
Initial release201420232019
Current release2.0, September 20192.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaScriptJava, JavascriptC++, Go
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)server-lesshostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesVector, 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.nonono
Secondary indexesnotemporal, categoricalno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.Close to ANSI SQL (SQL/JSON + extensions)ANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJDBCRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptBun
C
C++
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
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 datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users can be defined per tableRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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AlaSQLchDBGeoSpockMilvus
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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