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System Properties Comparison EsgynDB vs. GeoMesa vs. Greenplum vs. Milvus

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NameEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonGreenplum  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.Analytic Database platform built on PostgreSQL. Full name is Pivotal Greenplum Database infoA logical database in Greenplum is an array of individual PostgreSQL databases working together to present a single database image.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
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Score0.25
Rank#312  Overall
#138  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score8.08
Rank#48  Overall
#31  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.esgyn.cnwww.geomesa.orggreenplum.orgmilvus.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmldocs.greenplum.orgmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperEsgynCCRi and othersPivotal Software Inc.
Initial release2015201420052019
Current release5.0.0, May 20247.0.0, September 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, JavaScalaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxLinuxLinux
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.nonoyes infosince Version 4.2no
Secondary indexesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC
Java
Perl
Python
R
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnoyesno
Triggersnonoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layerShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication between multi datacentersdepending on storage layerSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistencydepending on storage layerImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.nodepending on storage layernoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storagefine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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EsgynDBGeoMesaGreenplumMilvus
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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