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DBMS > Kdb vs. Machbase Neo vs. Milvus vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison Kdb vs. Machbase Neo vs. Milvus vs. TempoIQ

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NameKdb  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionHigh performance Time Series DBMSTimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelTime Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Websitekx.commachbase.commilvus.iotempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationcode.kx.commachbase.com/­dbmsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.md
DeveloperKx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcMachbaseTempoIQ
Initial release2000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201320192012
Current release3.6, May 2018V8.0, August 20232.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infofree 32-bit versioncommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageqCC++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Data schemeyesyesschema-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.yesnonono
Secondary indexesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query language (q)SQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnonono
Triggersyes infowith viewsnonoyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesnoyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infovolatile and lookup tableyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlrights management via user accountssimple password-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightssimple authentication-based access control
More information provided by the system vendor
KdbMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxMilvusTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Milvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Highly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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RAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Milvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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As of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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Milvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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