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System Properties Comparison Hazelcast vs. LokiJS vs. Milvus

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NameHazelcast  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA widely adopted in-memory data gridIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store infoJSON support with IMDG 3.12
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Score6.87
Rank#55  Overall
#6  Key-value stores
Score0.48
Rank#262  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score1.81
Rank#144  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Websitehazelcast.comgithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmilvus.io
Technical documentationhazelcast.org/­imdg/­docstechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperHazelcast
Initial release200820142019
Current release5.3.6, November 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaJavaScriptC++, Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoVector, Numeric and String
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.yes infothe object must implement a serialization strategynono
Secondary indexesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsJCache
JPA
Memcached protocol
RESTful HTTP API
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
C++
Clojure
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infoEvent Listeners, Executor ServicesView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyes infoEventsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoReplicated Mapnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency selectable by user infoRaft Consensus AlgorithmnoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataone or two-phase-commit; repeatable reads; read commitedno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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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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