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System Properties Comparison Apache Jena - TDB vs. Citus vs. GeoSpock vs. Milvus

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NameApache Jena - TDB  Xexclude from comparisonCitus  Xexclude from comparisonGeoSpock  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionA RDF storage and query DBMS, shipped as an optional-use component of the Apache Jena frameworkScalable hybrid operational and analytics RDBMS for big data use cases based on PostgreSQLSpatial and temporal data processing engine for extreme data scaleA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRDF storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score3.75
Rank#84  Overall
#3  RDF stores
Score2.21
Rank#118  Overall
#56  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitejena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmlwww.citusdata.comgeospock.commilvus.io
Technical documentationjena.apache.org/­documentation/­tdb/­index.htmldocs.citusdata.commilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperApache Software Foundation infooriginally developed by HP LabsGeoSpock
Initial release200020102019
Current release4.9.0, July 20238.1, December 20182.0, September 20192.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL, commercial license also availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
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Implementation languageJavaCJava, JavascriptC++, Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinuxhostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyes infoRDF Schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesVector, 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.yes infospecific XML type available, but no XML query functionalitynono
Secondary indexesyesyestemporal, categoricalno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infostandard, with numerous extensionsANSI SQL for query only (using Presto)no
APIs and other access methodsFuseki infoREST-style SPARQL HTTP Interface
Jena RDF API
RIO infoRDF Input/Output
ADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
JDBCRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functions inforealized in proprietary language PL/pgSQL or with common languages like Perl, Python, Tcl etc.nono
Triggersyes infovia event handleryesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replication infoother methods possible by using 3rd party extensions
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 integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoTDB TransactionsACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess control via Jena Securityfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per tableRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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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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