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DBMS > Apache Pinot vs. Cubrid vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. Cubrid vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox

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NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.38
Rank#275  Overall
#126  Relational DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#187  Overall
#87  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Websitepinot.apache.orgcubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
milvus.iogithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgcubrid.org/­manualsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationObjectBox Limited
Initial release2015200820192017
Current release1.0.0, September 202311.0, January 20212.4.4, May 20244.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC, C++, JavaC++, GoC and C++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes, plus "flex" map-like types
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.nonono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyes
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Apache PinotCubridMilvusObjectBox
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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