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System Properties Comparison FatDB vs. Milvus vs. Raima Database Manager vs. STSdb vs. SwayDB

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NameFatDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_Vista  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 searchesRDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into an application or used as a database serverKey-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 DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.46
Rank#259  Overall
#120  Relational DBMS
#22  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.00
Rank#382  Overall
#59  Key-value stores
Websitemilvus.ioraima.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4swaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.raima.com
DeveloperFatCloudRaima Inc.STS Soft SCSimer Plaha
Initial release20122019198420112018
Current release2.3.4, January 202415, June 20214.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen 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++, GoCC#Scala
Server operating systemsWindowsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
HP-UX
Integrity RTOS
iOS
Linux
OS X
QNX
Solaris
VxWorks
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.nono infoExporting/Importing of XML structures possibleno
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
RESTful HTTP API
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC#C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Objective-C
PL/SQL
C#
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia applicationsnoyes infobased on the ANSI/ISO SQL Persistent Stored Modules (PSM) specificationnono
Triggersyes infovia applicationsnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factorSource-replica replicationnonenone
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 Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDnoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yesyes
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno infoCan implement custom security layer via applicationsRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnonono
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FatDBMilvusRaima Database Manager infoformerly named db_VistaSTSdbSwayDB
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Raima Database Manager (RDM) is an embedded time-series database optimized to run...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Decreased time-to-market Industry-standard interfaces & tools for making your job...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Typical use cases include: Internet of Things (IoT) Embedded In-Memory Database Time-Series...
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Infor, ABB, The Boeing Company, BAE Systems, Dow Jones, Dun & Bradstreet, Fujitsu,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Over 30 000 applications developers worldwide have field-tested RDM products More...
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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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Just as the technical aspects of Raima Database Manager are flexible, so are the...
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