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System Properties Comparison Apache Drill vs. Kyligence Enterprise vs. Milvus vs. SpaceTime

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NameApache Drill  Xexclude from comparisonKyligence Enterprise  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionSchema-free SQL Query Engine for Hadoop, NoSQL and Cloud StorageA distributed analytics engine for big data, built on top of Apache KylinA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSVector DBMSSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score2.02
Rank#124  Overall
#22  Document stores
#59  Relational DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#266  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Websitedrill.apache.orgkyligence.io/­kyligence-enterprisemilvus.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetime
Technical documentationdrill.apache.org/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperApache Software FoundationKyligence, Inc.Mireo
Initial release2012201620192020
Current release1.20.3, January 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, 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 indexesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL SELECT statement is SQL:2003 compliantANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentDepending on the underlying data sourceyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.Depending on the underlying data sourcenoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlDepending on the underlying data sourceRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyes
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Apache DrillKyligence EnterpriseMilvusSpaceTime
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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