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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. DolphinDB vs. EsgynDB vs. HugeGraph vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. DolphinDB vs. EsgynDB vs. HugeGraph vs. Milvus

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comwww.dolphindb.comwww.esgyn.cngithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
milvus.io
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlhugegraph.apache.org/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncEsgynBaidu
Initial release20162018201520182019
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20220.92.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3commercial infofree community version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonC++C++, JavaJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Unix
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyesVector, 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyesnono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
JDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetGroovy
Java
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsno
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioningShardingyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesyesvia hugegraph-sparkno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes infoedges in graphno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesAdministrators, Users, Groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardUsers, roles and permissionsRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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BigchainDBDolphinDBEsgynDBHugeGraphMilvus
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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