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DBMS > FeatureBase vs. Milvus vs. Sequoiadb vs. SiriDB vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison FeatureBase vs. Milvus vs. Sequoiadb vs. SiriDB vs. SwayDB

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NameFeatureBase  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  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 searchesNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLOpen Source Time Series DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.31
Rank#292  Overall
#135  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitewww.featurebase.commilvus.iowww.sequoiadb.comsiridb.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationdocs.featurebase.commilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperMolecula and Pilosa Open Source ContributorsSequoiadb Ltd.CesbitSimer Plaha
Initial release20172019201320172018
Current release2022, May 20222.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageGoC++, GoC++CScala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes infoNumeric datano
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnonoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL queriesnoSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsgRPC
JDBC
Kafka Connector
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIproprietary protocol using JSONHTTP API
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptnono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
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 integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnoDocument is locked during a transactionnoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes, using Linux fsyncyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightssimple password-based access controlsimple rights management via user accountsno
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FeatureBaseMilvusSequoiadbSiriDBSwayDB
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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