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DBMS > Geode vs. Milvus vs. SpaceTime vs. ToroDB

System Properties Comparison Geode vs. Milvus vs. SpaceTime vs. ToroDB

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NameGeode  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionGeode is a distributed data container, pooling memory, CPU, network resources, and optionally local disk across multiple processesA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.A MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQL
Primary database modelKey-value storeVector DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.92
Rank#131  Overall
#23  Key-value stores
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Spatial DBMS
Websitegeode.apache.orgmilvus.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetimegithub.com/­torodb/­server
Technical documentationgeode.apache.org/­docsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperOriginally developed by Gemstone. They outsourced the project to Apache in 2015 but still deliver a commercial version as Gemfire.Mireo8Kdata
Initial release2002201920202016
Current release1.1, February 20172.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses available as GemfireOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoAGPL-V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, GoC++Java
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infothe JDK (8 or later) is also requiredLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
LinuxAll OS with a Java 7 VM
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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 indexesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (OQL)noA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented
APIs and other access methodsJava Client API
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
All JVM based languages
C++
Groovy
Java
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnono
Triggersyes infoCache Event Listenersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingFixed-grid hypercubesSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationReal-time block device replication (DRBD)Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes, on a single nodenonono
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights per client and object definableRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyesAccess rights for users and roles
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GeodeMilvusSpaceTimeToroDB
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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