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DBMS > HyperSQL vs. Linter vs. LokiJS vs. Milvus

System Properties Comparison HyperSQL vs. Linter vs. LokiJS vs. Milvus

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NameHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonLinter  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMultithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBRDBMS for high security requirementsIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searches
Primary database modelRelational DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.09
Rank#346  Overall
#152  Relational DBMS
Score0.43
Rank#264  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitehsqldb.orglinter.rugithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmilvus.io
Technical documentationhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmltechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
Developerrelex.ru
Initial release2001199020142019
Current release2.7.2, June 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infobased on BSD licensecommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC and C++JavaScriptC++, Go
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesAIX
Android
BSD
HP Open VMS
iOS
Linux
OS X
VxWorks
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoVector, 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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesyesnono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
ADO.NET
JDBC
LINQ
ODBC
OLE DB
Oracle Call Interface (OCI)
JavaScript APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Qt
Ruby
Tcl
JavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava, SQLyes infoproprietary syntax with the possibility to convert from PL/SQLView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonenonenoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencynoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes 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 controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnoRole based access control and fine grained access rights
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HyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDBLinterLokiJSMilvus
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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