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System Properties Comparison DolphinDB vs. EsgynDB vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox vs. ToroDB

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NameDolphinDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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 TrafodionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and MobileA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSObject oriented DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
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Score4.03
Rank#78  Overall
#6  Time Series DBMS
Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.dolphindb.comwww.esgyn.cnmilvus.ioobjectbox.iogithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationdocs.dolphindb.cn/­en/­help200/­index.htmlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperDolphinDB, IncEsgynObjectBox Limited8Kdata
Initial release20182015201920172016
Current releasev2.00.4, January 20222.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree community version availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, JavaC++, GoC and C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeyesyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnono
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
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary native 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
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresnono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersonline/offline synchronization between client and serverSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAdministrators, Users, Groupsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyesAccess rights for users and roles
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DolphinDBEsgynDBMilvusObjectBoxToroDB
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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