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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Milvus vs. NCache vs. SpatiaLite

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreSpatial extension of SQLite
Primary database modelKey-value storeVector DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
Relational DBMS
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Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltmilvus.iowww.alachisoft.com/­ncachewww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­index
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperAlachisoftAlessandro Furieri
Initial release2013201920052008
Current release2.3.4, January 20245.3.3, April 20245.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, GoC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Windows
server-less
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoVector, Numeric and Stringpartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.yes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
Supported programming languagesGoC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnonoyes infoNotificationsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes, with selectable consistency levelnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)no
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BoltDBMilvusNCacheSpatiaLite
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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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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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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