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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Milvus vs. Newts vs. SpaceTime vs. TDengine

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Milvus vs. Newts vs. SpaceTime vs. TDengine

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonTDengine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesTime Series DBMS based on CassandraSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Time Series DBMS and big data platform
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMSTime Series DBMSSpatial DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.46
Rank#260  Overall
#40  Document stores
#121  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Score2.60
Rank#107  Overall
#8  Time Series DBMS
Websitealasql.orgmilvus.ioopennms.github.io/­newtswww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­taosdata/­TDengine
tdengine.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidocs.tdengine.com
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffOpenNMS GroupMireoTDEngine, previously Taos Data
Initial release20142019201420202019
Current release2.3.4, January 20243.0, August 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL V3, also commercial editions available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, GoJavaC++C
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoVector, Numeric and Stringyesyesyes
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 indexesnonononono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.nonoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedStandard SQL with extensions for time-series applications
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Java API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaC#
C++
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononono
Triggersyesnononoyes, via alarm monitoring
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infobased on CassandraFixed-grid hypercubesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraReal-time block device replication (DRBD)yes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenonono
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.yesyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoyesyes
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AlaSQLMilvusNewtsSpaceTimeTDengine
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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TDengine™ is a next generation data historian purpose-built for Industry 4.0 and...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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High Performance at any Scale: TDengine is purpose-built for handling massive industrial...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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TDengine is designed for Industrial IoT scenarios, including: Manufacturing Connected...
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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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TDengine has garnered over 22,500 stars on GitHub and is used in over 50 countries...
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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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TDengine OSS is an open source, cloud native time series database. It includes built-in...
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