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DBMS > Apache Kylin vs. BaseX vs. Faircom EDGE vs. HBase vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. BaseX vs. Faircom EDGE vs. HBase vs. Milvus

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonBaseX  Xexclude from comparisonFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGE  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackLight-weight Native XML DBMS with support for XQuery 3.0 and interactive GUI.FairCom EDGE is an Industry 4.0 solution built to integrate, collect, aggregate and synchronize mission-critical data in edge computing environmentsWide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRelational DBMSNative XML DBMSKey-value store
Relational DBMS
Wide column storeVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.25
Rank#170  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score1.84
Rank#135  Overall
#4  Native XML DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#362  Overall
#53  Key-value stores
#155  Relational DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitekylin.apache.orgbasex.orgwww.faircom.com/­products/­faircom-edgehbase.apache.orgmilvus.io
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docsdocs.basex.orgdocs.faircom.com/­docs/­en/­UUID-23d4f1fd-d213-f6d5-b92e-9b7475baa14e.htmlhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncBaseX GmbHFairCom CorporationApache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by Powerset
Initial release20152007197920082019
Current release3.1.0, July 202010.7, August 2023V3, October 20202.3.4, January 20212.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoBSD licensecommercial infoRestricted, free version availableOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaJavaANSI C, C++JavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Android
Linux infoARM, x86
Raspbian
Windows
Linux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free, schema definition possible
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infoXQuery supports typesyes, ANSI Standard SQL Typesoptions to bring your own types, AVROVector, 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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)noyes infoANSI SQL queriesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTXQ
WebDAV
XML:DB
XQJ
ADO.NET
Direct SQL
IoT Microservice layer
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
Haskell
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Rebol
Ruby
Scala
Visual Basic
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
VB.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesyes info.Net, JavaScript, C/C++yes infoCoprocessors in Javano
Triggersyes infovia eventsyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneFile partitioning infoCustomizable business rules for partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoSynchronous and asynchronous realtime replication based on transaction logsMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infowhen using SQLnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datamultiple readers, single writerACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)no
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoacross SQL and NoSQLyesyes
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.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers with fine-grained authorization concept on 4 levelsFine grained user, group and file access rights managed across SQL (per ANSI standard) and NoSQL.Access Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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Apache KylinBaseXFaircom EDGE infoformerly c-treeEDGEHBaseMilvus
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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