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DBMS > Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. CockroachDB vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison Alibaba Cloud Table Store vs. CockroachDB vs. Milvus

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NameAlibaba Cloud Table Store  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fully managed Wide Column Store for large quantities of semi-structured data with real-time accessCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelWide column storeRelational DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.24
Rank#310  Overall
#12  Wide column stores
Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.81
Rank#144  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­table-storewww.cockroachlabs.commilvus.io
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­tablestorewww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperAlibabaCockroach Labs
Initial release201620152019
Current release23.1.1, May 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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CockroachDB: A cloud-native, distributed SQL database designed for speed, scale, and survival. Get started for free today with a fully-managed CockroachDB cluster -- leave operations behind and get your app to market faster.Zilliz Cloud – Cloud-native service for Milvus
Implementation languageGoC++, Go
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeschema-freedynamic schema
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, 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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLno
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIJDBCRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicehorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataAtomic single-row operationsACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights based on subaccounts and tokensRole-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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Alibaba Cloud Table StoreCockroachDBMilvus
Specific characteristicsCockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database architected for modern applications....
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Milvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantages- EFFORTLESS SCALE: Scale your applications, not operational complexity. CockroachDB...
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Highly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosPayment processing, user account management, metadata management, identity access...
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RAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersComcast, DoorDash, Mythical Games, Norfolk Southern, Netflix, LUSH, Bose, Shipt,...
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Milvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metrics12K+ long-running clusters 25K+ CockroachDB self-hosted clusters 75K+ CockroachDB...
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As of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing models- Apache 2.0 for core features released up to and including the 19.1 release - Time-limited...
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Milvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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