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System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. Milvus vs. PouchDB vs. VelocityDB

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  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.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSDocument storeGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
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Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score2.34
Rank#112  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#354  Overall
#37  Graph DBMS
#15  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.featurebase.commilvus.iopouchdb.comvelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.commilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdpouchdb.com/­guidesvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsApache Software FoundationVelocityDB Inc
Initial release2017201920122011
Current release2022, May 20222.4.4, May 20247.1.1, June 20197.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, GoJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Any that supports .NET
Data schemeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringnoyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnonoyes infovia viewsyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesnonono
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
.Net
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScript.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoView functions in JavaScriptno
TriggersnonoyesCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoBased on Windows Authentication
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FeatureBaseMilvusPouchDBVelocityDB
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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