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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Geode vs. Milvus vs. SiriDB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Geode vs. Milvus vs. SiriDB vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.Geode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesOpen Source Time Series DBMSDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelRelational DBMSKey-value storeVector DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsSearch engine
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Score47.91
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergeode.apache.orgmilvus.iosiridb.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.siridb.comdocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.CesbitTranswarp
Initial release1983200220192017
Current release19.4.1, November 20211.1, February 20172.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoMIT Licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, GoC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes infoNumeric datayes
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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query language (OQL)nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesPHP.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14Multi-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoyes, on a single nodenono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesAccess rights per client and object definableRole based access control and fine grained access rightssimple rights management via user accounts
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FileMakerGeodeMilvusSiriDBTranswarp ArgoDB
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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