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DBMS > BigchainDB vs. Heroic vs. Machbase Neo vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison BigchainDB vs. Heroic vs. Machbase Neo vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox

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NameBigchainDB  Xexclude from comparisonHeroic  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBigchainDB is scalable blockchain database offering decentralization, immutability and native assetsTime Series DBMS built at Spotify based on Cassandra or Google Cloud Bigtable, and ElasticSearchTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelDocument storeTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSVector DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score0.85
Rank#208  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.46
Rank#265  Overall
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#337  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.bigchaindb.comgithub.com/­spotify/­heroicmachbase.commilvus.ioobjectbox.io
Technical documentationbigchaindb.readthedocs.io/­en/­latestspotify.github.io/­heroicmachbase.com/­dbmsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperSpotifyMachbaseObjectBox Limited
Initial release20162014201320192017
Current releaseV8.0, August 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoAGPL v3Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languagePythonJavaCC++, GoC and C++
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesVector, 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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyes infovia Elasticsearchyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsCLI Client
RESTful HTTP API
HQL (Heroic Query Language, a JSON-based language)
HTTP API
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGo
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryesselectable replication factoronline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Bounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes,with MongoDB ord RethinkDByesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infovolatile and lookup tableyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyessimple password-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyes
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BigchainDBHeroicMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxMilvusObjectBox
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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