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DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Milvus vs. SWC-DB vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Milvus vs. SWC-DB vs. TerminusDB

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Vector DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMSDocument store
RDF store
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitealasql.orgmilvus.iogithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
terminusdb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffAlex KashirinDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2014201920202018
Current release2.3.4, January 20240.5, April 202111.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, GoC++Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoVector, 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 indexesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes
Triggersyesnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneJournaling Streams
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
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storagenoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsRole-based access control
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AlaSQLMilvusSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist
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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