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DBMS > FileMaker vs. Milvus vs. RRDtool vs. YottaDB

System Properties Comparison FileMaker vs. Milvus vs. RRDtool vs. YottaDB

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NameFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonRRDtool  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesIndustry standard data logging and graphing tool for time series data. RRD is an acronym for round-robin database. infoThe data is stored in a circular buffer, thus the system storage footprint remains constant over time.A fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score1.87
Rank#136  Overall
#11  Time Series DBMS
Score0.20
Rank#317  Overall
#47  Key-value stores
Websitewww.claris.com/­filemakermilvus.iooss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtoolyottadb.com
Technical documentationwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdoss.oetiker.ch/­rrdtool/­docyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperClaris infoa subsidiary of AppleTobias OetikerYottaDB, LLC
Initial release1983201919992001
Current release19.4.1, November 20212.3.4, January 20241.8.0, 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V2 and FLOSSOpen Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC infoImplementations in Java (e.g. RRD4J) and C# availableC
Server operating systemsiOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
HP-UX
Linux
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and StringNumeric data onlyno
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 formatnono infoExporting into and restoring from XML files possibleno
Secondary indexesyesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infovia pluginsnonoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIin-process shared library
Pipes
PostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesPHPC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C infowith librrd library
C# infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Java infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
JavaScript (Node.js) infowith a different implementation of RRDTool
Lua
Perl
PHP infowith a wrapper library
Python
Ruby
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14noneyes
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
none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infoby using the rrdcached daemon
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.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicesRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
More information provided by the system vendor
FileMakerMilvusRRDtoolYottaDB
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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