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DBMS > FileMaker vs. HugeGraph vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. HugeGraph vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesExtremely fast embedded database for small devices, IoT and Mobile
Primary database modelRelational DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score1.20
Rank#170  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakergithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
milvus.ioobjectbox.io
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleBaiduObjectBox Limited
Initial release1983201820192017
Current release19.4.1, November 20210.92.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, GoC and C++
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Unix
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
iOS
Linux
macOS
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.yes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnonono
Secondary indexesyesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonono
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languagesPHPGroovy
Java
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart
Go
Java
JavaScript infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Kotlin
Python infoplanned (as of Jan 2019)
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesasynchronous Gremlin script jobsnono
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14yes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseonline/offline synchronization between client and server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnovia hugegraph-sparknono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes infoedges in graphnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesUsers, roles and permissionsRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyes
More information provided by the system vendor
FileMakerHugeGraphMilvusObjectBox
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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