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DBMS > Dgraph vs. Milvus vs. SwayDB vs. Titan vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison Dgraph vs. Milvus vs. SwayDB vs. Titan vs. WakandaDB

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NameDgraph  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTitan  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Titan has been decommisioned after the takeover by Datastax. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking. A fork has been open-sourced as JanusGraph.
DescriptionDistributed and scalable native Graph DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageTitan is a Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters.WakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelGraph DBMSVector DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMSObject oriented DBMS
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Score1.53
Rank#152  Overall
#15  Graph DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.10
Rank#356  Overall
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitedgraph.iomilvus.ioswaydb.simer.augithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titanwakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdgraph.io/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdgithub.com/­thinkaurelius/­titan/­wikiwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperDgraph Labs, Inc.Simer PlahaAurelius, owned by DataStaxWakanda SAS
Initial release20162019201820122012
Current release2.4.4, May 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0Open Source infoApache license, version 2.0Open Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, GoScalaJavaC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringnoyesyes
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
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonononono
APIs and other access methodsGraphQL query language
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJava API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Clojure
Java
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesyes
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyesShardingnoneyes infovia pluggable storage backendsnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSynchronous replication via Raftnoneyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes infoRelationships in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoAtomic execution of operationsACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoSupports various storage backends: Cassandra, HBase, Berkeley DB, Akiban, Hazelcastyes
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 releasesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph Serveryes
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DgraphMilvusSwayDBTitanWakandaDB
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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