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System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox vs. searchxml

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionData logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application server
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSVector DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Native XML DBMS
Search engine
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.19
Rank#62  Overall
#4  Time Series DBMS
Score3.01
Rank#89  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#385  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#24  Search engines
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webmilvus.iogithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
www.searchxml.net/­category/­products
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iomilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.objectbox.iowww.searchxml.net/­support/­handouts
DeveloperChris DavisObjectBox Limitedinformationpartners gmbh
Initial release2006201920172015
Current release2.4.4, May 20244.0 (May 2024)1.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languagePythonC++, GoC and C++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyVector, Numeric and Stringyes, plus "flex" map-like typesyes
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.nononoyes
Secondary indexesnonoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary native APIRESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIs
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyes infoon the application server
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes infosychronisation to multiple collections
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDmultiple readers, single writer
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infolockingyesyesyes
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyesDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application services
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GraphiteMilvusObjectBoxsearchxml
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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