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DBMS > FatDB vs. Milvus vs. NuoDB vs. STSdb vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. Milvus vs. NuoDB vs. STSdb vs. SwayDB

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
FatDB/FatCloud has ceased operations as a company with February 2014. FatDB is discontinued and excluded from the ranking.
DescriptionA .NET NoSQL DBMS that can integrate with and extend SQL Server.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelDocument store
Key-value store
Vector DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
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Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#198  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitemilvus.iowww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasegithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4swaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddoc.nuodb.com
DeveloperFatCloudDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.STS Soft SCSimer Plaha
Initial release20122019201320112018
Current release2.3.4, January 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC#C++, GoC++C#Scala
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)no
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 indexesyesnoyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLno infoVia inetgration in SQL Servernoyesnono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
LINQ
RESTful HTTP API
RPC
Windows WCF Bindings
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsnoJava, SQLnono
Triggersyes infovia applicationsnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtennonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factoryes infoManaged transparently by NuoDBnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Bounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACID infotunable commit protocolnoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoMVCCyesyes
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.yesyes infoTemporary tableyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsRole based access control and fine grained access rightsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Usersnono
More information provided by the system vendor
FatDBMilvusNuoDBSTSdbSwayDB
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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