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System Properties Comparison Databricks vs. DataFS vs. Milvus vs. RDFox

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NameDatabricks  Xexclude from comparisonDataFS  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonRDFox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionThe Databricks Lakehouse Platform combines elements of data lakes and data warehouses to provide a unified view onto structured and unstructured data. It is based on Apache Spark.All data is stored inside objects which are linked by so-called link attributes. Objects consist of classes which can be extended and de-extended at runtime. Graphs can be defined with a struct.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesHigh performance knowledge graph and semantic reasoning engine
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Object oriented DBMSVector DBMSGraph DBMS
RDF store
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score78.61
Rank#15  Overall
#2  Document stores
#10  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#354  Overall
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#308  Overall
#25  Graph DBMS
#14  RDF stores
Websitewww.databricks.comnewdatabase.commilvus.iowww.oxfordsemantic.tech
Technical documentationdocs.databricks.comdev.mobiland.com/­Overview.xspmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.oxfordsemantic.tech
DeveloperDatabricksMobiland AGOxford Semantic Technologies
Initial release2013201820192017
Current release1.1.263, October 20222.3.4, January 20246.0, Septermber 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++
Server operating systemshostedWindowsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)Classes, Structs, and Lists are written in proprietary DataTypeDefinitionLanguage (.dtdl) and Objects consisting of those are written in proprietary DataAccessDefinitionLanguage (.dadl)yes infoRDF schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, 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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLwith Databricks SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Proprietary client DLL
WinRT client
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
Supported programming languagesPython
R
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
VB.Net
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions and aggregatesno
Triggersno, except callback-events from server when changes happenedno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesProprietary Sharding systemSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesreplication via a shared file system
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency in stand-alone mode, Eventual Consistency in replicated setups
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
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.nonoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlWindows-ProfileRole based access control and fine grained access rightsRoles, resources, and access types
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DatabricksDataFSMilvusRDFox
Specific characteristicsSupported database models : In addition to the Document store and Relational DBMS...
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Milvus 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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