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System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. HugeGraph vs. JanusGraph vs. Milvus

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonJanusGraph infosuccessor of Titan  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA Graph DBMS optimized for distributed clusters infoIt was forked from the latest code base of Titan in January 2017A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelEvent StoreGraph DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
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Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score2.02
Rank#125  Overall
#12  Graph DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
janusgraph.orgmilvus.io
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.janusgraph.orgmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedBaiduLinux Foundation; originally developed as Titan by Aurelius
Initial release2012201820172019
Current release21.2, February 20210.90.6.3, February 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 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 languageJavaJavaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
OS X
Unix
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, 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
Secondary indexesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Java API
TinkerPop Blueprints
TinkerPop Frames
TinkerPop Gremlin
TinkerPop Rexster
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
Clojure
Java
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsyesno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes infodepending on the used storage backend (e.g. Cassandra, HBase, BerkeleyDB)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsvia hugegraph-sparkyes infovia Faunus, a graph analytics engineno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Bounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoedges in graphyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes 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.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissionsUser authentification and security via Rexster Graph ServerRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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EventStoreDBHugeGraphJanusGraph infosuccessor of TitanMilvus
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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