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DBMS > DolphinDB vs. EsgynDB vs. Ingres vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. EsgynDB vs. Ingres vs. Milvus

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonIngres  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionDolphinDB is a high performance Time Series DBMS. It is integrated with an easy-to-use fully featured programming language and a high-volume high-velocity streaming analytics system. It offers operational simplicity, scalability, fault tolerance, and concurrency.Enterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionWell established RDBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score4.13
Rank#80  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score4.11
Rank#81  Overall
#44  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comwww.esgyn.cnwww.actian.com/­databases/­ingresmilvus.io
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmldocs.actian.com/­ingresmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncEsgynActian Corporation
Initial release201820151974 infooriginally developed at University Berkely in early 1970s2019
Current releasev2.00.4, January 202211.2, May 20222.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availablecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaCC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
LinuxAIX
HP Open VMS
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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.nonono infobut tools for importing/exporting data from/to XML-files availableno
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
JSON over HTTP
Kafka
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
OPC DA
OPC UA
RabbitMQ
WebSocket
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
JDBC
ODBC
proprietary protocol (OpenAPI)
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
MatLab
Python
R
Rust
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardinghorizontal partitioning infoIngres Star to access multiple databases simultaneouslySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersIngres Replicator
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyes
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.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, Groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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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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