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System Properties Comparison CockroachDB vs. JSqlDb vs. Milvus vs. PouchDB vs. STSdb

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NameCockroachDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionCockroachDB is a distributed database architected for modern cloud applications. It is wire compatible with PostgreSQL and backed by a Key-Value Store, which is either RocksDB or a purpose-built derivative, called Pebble.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Vector DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
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Score6.10
Rank#58  Overall
#33  Relational DBMS
Score1.81
Rank#144  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Score2.35
Rank#116  Overall
#22  Document stores
Score0.06
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Websitewww.cockroachlabs.comjsqldb.org (offline)milvus.iopouchdb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationwww.cockroachlabs.com/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdpouchdb.com/­guides
DeveloperCockroach LabsKonrad von BackstromApache Software FoundationSTS Soft SC
Initial release20152018201920122011
Current release23.1.1, May 20230.8, December 20182.3.4, January 20247.1.1, June 20194.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0, commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, GoJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows
Data schemedynamic schemaschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoVector, Numeric and Stringnoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 indexesyesnonoyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes, wire compatible with PostgreSQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsJDBCRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnofunctions in JavaScriptnoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersnononoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by key range) infoall tables are translated to an ordered KV store and then broken down into 64MB ranges, which are then used as replicas in RAFTnoneShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication using RAFTnoneMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnono
More information provided by the system vendor
CockroachDBJSqlDbMilvusPouchDBSTSdb
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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