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DBMS > ArcadeDB vs. Milvus vs. OpenQM vs. SWC-DB vs. VelocityDB

System Properties Comparison ArcadeDB vs. Milvus vs. OpenQM vs. SWC-DB vs. VelocityDB

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NameArcadeDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column Database  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFast and scalable multi-model DBMS, originally forked from OrientDB but most of the code has been rewrittenA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA high performance, scalable Wide Column DBMSA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Time Series DBMS infoin next version
Vector DBMSMultivalue DBMSWide column storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.10
Rank#358  Overall
#48  Document stores
#38  Graph DBMS
#52  Key-value stores
#35  Time Series DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.08
Rank#364  Overall
#13  Wide column stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitearcadedb.commilvus.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmgithub.com/­kashirin-alex/­swc-db
www.swcdb.org
velocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.arcadedb.commilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperArcade DataRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsAlex KashirinVelocityDB Inc
Initial release20212019199320202011
Current releaseSeptember 20212.4.4, May 20243.4-120.5, April 20217.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, GoC++C#
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language, no joinsnonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
MongoDB API
OpenCypher
PostgreSQL wire protocol
Redis API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
TinkerPop Gremlin
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol
Thrift
.Net
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
C++.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
TriggersnoyesnoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes inforelationship in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
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.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelBased on Windows Authentication
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ArcadeDBMilvusOpenQM infoalso called QMSWC-DB infoSuper Wide Column DatabaseVelocityDB
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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