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DBMS > Firebolt vs. GeoMesa vs. Milvus vs. NSDb vs. WakandaDB

System Properties Comparison Firebolt vs. GeoMesa vs. Milvus vs. NSDb vs. WakandaDB

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NameFirebolt  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNSDb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionHighly scalable cloud data warehouse and analytics product infoForked from ClickhouseGeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesScalable, High-performance Time Series DBMS designed for Real-time Analytics on top of KubernetesWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelRelational DBMSSpatial DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMSObject oriented DBMS
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Score1.90
Rank#134  Overall
#62  Relational DBMS
Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.firebolt.iowww.geomesa.orgmilvus.ionsdb.iowakanda.github.io
Technical documentationdocs.firebolt.iowww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdnsdb.io/­Architecturewakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperFirebolt Analytics Inc.CCRi and othersWakanda SAS
Initial release20202014201920172012
Current release4.0.5, February 20242.3.4, January 20242.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++, GoJava, ScalaC++, JavaScript
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
macOS
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes: int, bigint, decimal, 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoSQL-like query languageno
APIs and other access methods.Net
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIgRPC
HTTP REST
WebSocket
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java
Scala
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layerdepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesUsing Apache Luceneyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyes
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FireboltGeoMesaMilvusNSDbWakandaDB
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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