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DBMS > HugeGraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Milvus vs. Oracle Rdb

System Properties Comparison HugeGraph vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Milvus vs. Oracle Rdb

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NameHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMSDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelGraph DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.17
Rank#335  Overall
#31  Graph DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score1.14
Rank#178  Overall
#80  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
azure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasemilvus.iowww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.html
Technical documentationhugegraph.apache.org/­docsdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.html
DeveloperBaiduMicrosoftOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Initial release2018201020191984
Current release0.9V122.3.4, January 20247.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++C++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS
Unix
hostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
HP Open VMS
Data schemeyesyesFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyes infoalso supports composite index and range indexyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnoyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesGroovy
Java
Python
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresasynchronous Gremlin script jobsTransact SQLno
Triggersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBaseyes, with always 3 replicas available
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsvia hugegraph-sparknonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes infoedges in graphyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoyes, on a single node
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 controlUsers, roles and permissionsfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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HugeGraphMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureMilvusOracle Rdb
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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