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DBMS > FeatureBase vs. GBase vs. Milvus vs. SAP IQ

System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. GBase vs. Milvus vs. SAP IQ

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonGBase  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionReal-time database platform that powers real-time analytics and machine learning applications by simultaneously executing low-latency, high-throughput, and highly concurrent workloads.Widely used RDBMS in China, including analytical, transactional, distributed transactional, and cloud-native data warehousing.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analytics
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-oriented
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.22
Rank#309  Overall
#139  Relational DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#185  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.featurebase.comwww.gbase.cnmilvus.iowww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.html
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.commilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQ
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsGeneral Data Technology Co., Ltd.SAP, formerly Sybase
Initial release2017200420191994
Current release2022, May 2022GBase 8a, GBase 8s, GBase 8c2.3.4, January 202416.1 SPS04, April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC, Java, PythonC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
LinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesStandard with numerous extensionsnoyes
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
ADO.NET
C API
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C#C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyes
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash) and vertical partitioningShardingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoHadoop integration
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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FeatureBaseGBaseMilvusSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ
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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