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DBMS > Altibase vs. atoti vs. CockroachDB vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison Altibase vs. atoti vs. CockroachDB vs. Milvus

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NameAltibase  Xexclude from comparisonatoti  Xexclude from comparisonCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn enterprise grade, high-performance RDBMSAn in-memory DBMS combining transactional and analytical processing to handle the aggregation of ever-changing data.CockroachDB 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 modelRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.00
Rank#194  Overall
#91  Relational DBMS
Score0.59
Rank#242  Overall
#10  Object oriented DBMS
Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.81
Rank#144  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitealtibase.comatoti.iowww.cockroachlabs.commilvus.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­ALTIBASE/­Documents/­tree/­master/­Manualsdocs.atoti.iowww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperAltibaseActiveViamCockroach Labs
Initial release199920152019
Current releasev7.3, 2023, August 202323.1.1, May 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoOpen source edition discontinued with March 2023commercial infofree versions availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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 languageC++JavaGoC++, Go
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesdynamic 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 indexesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL-92Multidimensional Expressions (MDX)yes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
JDBCRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C++
Java
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresstored procedures and stored functionsPythonnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding, horizontal partitioninghorizontal 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 nodesyesMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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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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