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System Properties Comparison InfinityDB vs. Milvus vs. YottaDB

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NameInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonYottaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA fast and solid embedded Key-value store
Primary database modelKey-value storeVector DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS infousing the Octo plugin
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Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.28
Rank#306  Overall
#44  Key-value stores
Websiteboilerbay.commilvus.ioyottadb.com
Technical documentationboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdyottadb.com/­resources/­documentation
DeveloperBoiler Bay Inc.YottaDB, LLC
Initial release200220192001
Current release4.02.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoAGPL 3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaC++, GoC
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VMLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Docker
Linux
Data schemeyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysVector, Numeric and Stringno
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
Secondary indexesno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoby using the Octo plugin
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
RESTful HTTP APIPostgreSQL wire protocol infousing the Octo plugin
Proprietary protocol
Supported programming languagesJavaC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
M
Perl
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZEDBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilityno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnooptimistic locking
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsUsers and groups based on OS-security mechanisms
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InfinityDBMilvusYottaDB
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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