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DBMS > Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Milvus vs. Rockset vs. Spark SQL

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. LokiJS vs. Milvus vs. Rockset vs. Spark SQL

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelGraph DBMSDocument storeVector DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iogithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmilvus.iorockset.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.rockset.comspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.RocksetApache Software Foundation
Initial release20162014201920192014
Current release2.3.4, January 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyesno
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Implementation languageGoJavaScriptC++, GoC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
hostedLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoVector, Numeric and Stringdynamic typingyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsnoall fields are automatically indexedno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIHTTP RESTJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptnonono
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencynoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleno
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DgraphLokiJSMilvusRocksetSpark SQL
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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