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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. HyperSQL vs. Milvus vs. MonetDB vs. ObjectBox

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonMonetDB  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA relational database management system that stores data in columnsExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
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Score1.31
Rank#164  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score3.23
Rank#93  Overall
#48  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score1.72
Rank#141  Overall
#64  Relational DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orghsqldb.orgmilvus.iowww.monetdb.orgobjectbox.io
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.monetdb.org/­Documentationdocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperApache Software FoundationMonetDB BVObjectBox Limited
Initial release20182001201920042017
Current release1.1.0, April 20232.7.2, June 20232.4.4, May 2024Dec2023 (11.49), December 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMozilla Public License 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaC++, GoCC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)All OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
FreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes
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 indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnoyes infoSQL 2003 with some extensionsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
HTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
native C library infoMAPI library (MonetDB application programming interface)
ODBC
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava, SQLnoyes, in SQL, C, Rno
Triggersyesyesnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)noneShardingSharding via remote tablesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasnonenone infoSource-replica replication available in experimental statusonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes
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Apache IoTDBHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBMilvusMonetDBObjectBox
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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