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System Properties Comparison Cachelot.io vs. Dgraph vs. Milvus vs. VelocityDB

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NameCachelot.io  Xexclude from comparisonDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory caching systemDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelKey-value storeGraph DBMSVector DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.04
Rank#388  Overall
#62  Key-value stores
Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitecachelot.iodgraph.iomilvus.iovelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.VelocityDB Inc
Initial release2015201620192011
Current release2.4.4, May 20247.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoSimplified BSD LicenseOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++GoC++, GoC#
Server operating systemsFreeBSD
Linux
OS X
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Any that supports .NET
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesVector, 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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsMemcached protocolGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API.Net
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
ColdFusion
Erlang
Java
Lisp
Lua
OCaml
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononono
TriggersnononoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSynchronous replication via Raft
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentnoyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnono infoPlanned for future releasesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsBased on Windows Authentication
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Cachelot.ioDgraphMilvusVelocityDB
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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