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System Properties Comparison GeoMesa vs. Milvus vs. SQL.JS vs. STSdb vs. WakandaDB

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NameGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonWakandaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionGeoMesa 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 searchesPort of SQLite to JavaScriptKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodWakandaDB is embedded in a server that provides a REST API and a server-side javascript engine to access data
Primary database modelSpatial DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeObject oriented DBMS
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Score0.78
Rank#213  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.03
Rank#364  Overall
#17  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.geomesa.orgmilvus.iosql.js.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4wakanda.github.io
Technical documentationwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.htmlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlwakanda.github.io/­doc
DeveloperCCRi and othersAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSTS Soft SCWakanda SAS
Initial release20142019201220112012
Current release4.0.5, February 20242.3.4, January 20244.0.8, September 20152.7.0 (April 29, 2019), April 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPLv3, extended commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++, GoJavaScriptC#C++, JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportednono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJavaScript API.NET Client APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonononoyes
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesdepending on storage layerShardingnonenonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesdepending on storage layernonenonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemdepending on storage layerBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
noneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layeryesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnonoyes
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GeoMesaMilvusSQL.JSSTSdbWakandaDB
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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