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Name

Description

Embeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)

An open source immutable (append-only) database with cryptographic verification which makes it tamper-resistant and fully auditable.

A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches

Time Series DBMS based on Cassandra

Primary database model

Secondary database models

Relational DBMS

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Score	0.31
Rank	#296	Overall
	#44	Document stores

Score	0.31
Rank	#295	Overall
	#42	Key-value stores

Score	2.78
Rank	#103	Overall
	#4	Vector DBMS

Score	0.07
Rank	#375	Overall
	#41	Time Series DBMS

Website

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb

github.com/codenotary/immudb
immudb.io

milvus.io

opennms.github.io/newts

Technical documentation

github.com/Softmotions/ejdb/blob/master/README.md

docs.immudb.io

milvus.io/docs/overview.md

github.com/OpenNMS/newts/wiki

Developer

Softmotions

Codenotary

OpenNMS Group

Initial release

2012

2020

2019

2014

Current release

1.2.3, April 2022

2.4.4, May 2024

License

Commercial or Open Source

Open Source

GPLv2

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache Version 2.0

Open Source

Apache 2.0

Cloud-based only

Only available as a cloud service

DBaaS offerings (sponsored links)

Database as a Service

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Zilliz Cloud – Cloud-native service for Milvus

Implementation language

C++, Go

Java

Server operating systems

server-less

BSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
z/OS

Linux
macOS

10.14 or later
Windows

with WSL 2 enabled

Linux
OS X
Windows

Data scheme

schema-free

Typing

predefined data types such as float or date

yes

string, integer, double, bool, date, object_id

Vector, Numeric and String

yes

XML support

Some form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.

Secondary indexes

yes

SQL

Support of SQL

SQL-like syntax

APIs and other access methods

in-process shared library

gRPC protocol
PostgreSQL wire protocol

RESTful HTTP API

HTTP REST
Java API

Supported programming languages

Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby

.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python

Java

Server-side scripts

Stored procedures

Triggers

Partitioning methods

Methods for storing different data on different nodes

none

Sharding

based on Cassandra

Replication methods

Methods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodes

none

selectable replication factor

based on Cassandra

MapReduce

Offers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methods

Consistency concepts

Methods to ensure consistency in a distributed system

Immediate Consistency

Bounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency

Eventual Consistency

based on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency

based on Cassandra

Foreign keys

Referential integrity

typically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possible

Transaction concepts

Support to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of data

ACID

Concurrency

Support for concurrent manipulation of data

yes

Read/Write Locking

yes

Durability

Support for making data persistent

yes

In-memory capabilities

Is there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.

yes

User concepts

Access control

Role based access control and fine grained access rights

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Specific characteristics

Milvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantages

Highly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenarios

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Key customers

Milvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metrics

As of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing models

Milvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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