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DBMS > Galaxybase vs. Geode vs. GeoMesa vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison Galaxybase vs. Geode vs. GeoMesa vs. Milvus

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NameGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonGeode  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesGeoMesa 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 searches
Primary database modelGraph DBMSKey-value storeSpatial DBMSVector DBMS
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Score0.07
Rank#377  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score1.86
Rank#134  Overall
#24  Key-value stores
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Websitegalaxybase.comgeode.apache.orgwww.geomesa.orgmilvus.io
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docswww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司Originally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.CCRi and others
Initial release2017200220142019
Current releaseNov 20, November 20211.1, February 20175.0.0, May 20242.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC and JavaJavaScalaC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinuxAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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 indexesyesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (OQL)nono
APIs and other access methodsBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
Java Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined procedures and functionsuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingdepending on storage layerSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationdepending on storage layer
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistencydepending on storage layerBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDyes, on a single nodenono
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.yesyesdepending on storage layeryes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights per client and object definableyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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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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