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DBMS > Galaxybase vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. Milvus vs. Sadas Engine

System Properties Comparison Galaxybase vs. Google Cloud Spanner vs. Milvus vs. Sadas Engine

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NameGalaxybase  Xexclude from comparisonGoogle Cloud Spanner  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable, ACID-compliant native distributed parallel graph platformA horizontally scalable, globally consistent, relational database service. It is the externalization of the core Google database that runs the biggest aspects of Google, like Ads and Google Play.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environments
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#40  Graph DBMS
Score2.69
Rank#101  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Score3.01
Rank#89  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#159  Relational DBMS
Websitegalaxybase.comcloud.google.com/­spannermilvus.iowww.sadasengine.com
Technical documentationcloud.google.com/­spanner/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentation
DeveloperChuanglin(Createlink) Technology Co., Ltd 浙江创邻科技有限公司GoogleSADAS s.r.l.
Initial release2017201720192006
Current releaseNov 20, November 20212.4.4, May 20248.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree trial version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC and JavaC++, GoC++
Server operating systemsLinuxhostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
AIX
Linux
Windows
Data schemeStrong typed schemayesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infoQuery statements complying to ANSI 2011noyes
APIs and other access methodsBrowser interface
console (shell)
Graph API (Gremlin)
OpenCypher
Proprietary native API
gRPC (using protocol buffers) API
JDBC infoAt present, JDBC supports read-only queries. No support for DDL or DML statements.
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined procedures and functionsnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication with 3 replicas for regional instances.none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infousing Google Cloud Dataflownono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoRelationships in graphsyes infoby using interleaved tables, this features focuses more on performance improvements than on referential integritynoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoStrict serializable isolationno
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.yesnoyesyes infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlAccess rights for users, groups and roles based on Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM)Role based access control and fine grained access rightsAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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GalaxybaseGoogle Cloud SpannerMilvusSadas Engine
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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