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DBMS > Graphite vs. Milvus vs. Rockset vs. YTsaurus

System Properties Comparison Graphite vs. Milvus vs. Rockset vs. YTsaurus

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NameGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonYTsaurus  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 searchesA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBYTsaurus is an open source platform for distributed storage and processing.
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSVector DBMSDocument storeDocument store
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.79
Rank#211  Overall
#35  Document stores
Score0.11
Rank#340  Overall
#45  Document stores
#50  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webmilvus.iorockset.comytsaurus.tech
Technical documentationgraphite.readthedocs.iomilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.rockset.comytsaurus.tech/­docs/­en
DeveloperChris DavisRocksetYandex
Initial release2006201920192023
Current release2.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache License, Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Zilliz Cloud – Cloud-native service for Milvus
Implementation languagePythonC++, GoC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
hostedUbuntu
Data schemeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateNumeric data onlyVector, Numeric and Stringdynamic typingyes
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supportedno
Secondary indexesnonoall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsYQL, an SQL-based language, is supported
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
Sockets
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Supported programming languagesJavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingAutomatic shardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
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.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleAccess Control Lists
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GraphiteMilvusRocksetYTsaurus
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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