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DBMS > Apache Kylin vs. Hypertable vs. Milvus vs. OrientDB vs. searchxml

System Properties Comparison Apache Kylin vs. Hypertable vs. Milvus vs. OrientDB vs. searchxml

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NameApache Kylin  Xexclude from comparisonHypertable  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
Hypertable has stopped its further development with March 2016 and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA distributed analytics engine for big data, providing a SQL interface and multi-dimensional analysis (OLAP) and leveraging the Hadoop stackAn open source BigTable implementation based on distributed file systems such as HadoopA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)DBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelRelational DBMSWide column storeVector DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#172  Overall
#79  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score3.19
Rank#93  Overall
#16  Document stores
#7  Graph DBMS
#14  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Websitekylin.apache.orgmilvus.ioorientdb.orgwww.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationkylin.apache.org/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperApache Software Foundation, originally contributed from eBay IncHypertable Inc.OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release20152009201920102015
Current release3.1.0, July 20200.9.8.11, March 20162.3.4, January 20243.2.29, March 20241.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU version 3. Commercial license availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++, GoJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
OS X
Windows infoan inofficial Windows port is available
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoVector, 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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesyesrestricted infoonly exact value or prefix value scansnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLANSI SQL for queries (using Apache Calcite)nonoSQL-like query language, no joinsno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
C++ API
Thrift
RESTful HTTP APITinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, Javascriptyes infoon the application server
TriggersnonoHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor on file system levelMulti-source replicationyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDmultiple readers, single writer
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.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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Apache KylinHypertableMilvusOrientDBsearchxml
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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