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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Milvus vs. SQL.JS vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Milvus vs. SQL.JS vs. Yaacomo

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesPort of SQLite to JavaScriptOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelGraph DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score1.45
Rank#156  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Websitedgraph.iomilvus.iosql.js.orgyaacomo.com
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2016201920122009
Current release2.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, GoJavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via RaftnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoPlanned for future releasesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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DgraphMilvusSQL.JSYaacomo
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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