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System Properties Comparison Kinetica vs. Milvus vs. StarRocks vs. VelocityDB

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NameKinetica  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonVelocityDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFully vectorized database across both GPUs and CPUsA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisA .NET Object Database that can be embedded/distributed and extended to a graph data model (VelocityGraph)
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSRelational DBMSGraph DBMS
Object oriented DBMS
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.64
Rank#236  Overall
#109  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score1.04
Rank#189  Overall
#88  Relational DBMS
Score0.05
Rank#358  Overall
#36  Graph DBMS
#16  Object oriented DBMS
Websitewww.kinetica.commilvus.iowww.starrocks.iovelocitydb.com
Technical documentationdocs.kinetica.commilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_introvelocitydb.com/­UserGuide
DeveloperKineticaThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023VelocityDB Inc
Initial release2012201920202011
Current release7.1, August 20212.3.4, January 20242.5.3, March 20237.x
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++C++, GoC++, JavaC#
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
LinuxAny that supports .NET
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like DML and DDL statementsnoyesno
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP APIJDBC
MySQL protocol
.Net
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnouser defined functionsno
Triggersyes infotriggers when inserted values for one or more columns fall within a specified rangenonoCallbacks are triggered when data changes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononoACID
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.yes infoGPU vRAM or System RAMyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights for users and roles on table levelRole based access control and fine grained access rightsRole based access control and fine grained access rightsBased on Windows Authentication
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KineticaMilvusStarRocksVelocityDB
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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