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DBMS > LokiJS vs. Milvus vs. Newts vs. Realm

System Properties Comparison LokiJS vs. Milvus vs. Newts vs. Realm

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NameLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIn-memory JavaScript DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core Data
Primary database modelDocument storeVector DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
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Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­techfort/­LokiJSmilvus.ioopennms.github.io/­newtsrealm.io
Technical documentationtechfort.github.io/­LokiJSmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikirealm.io/­docs
DeveloperOpenNMS GroupRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019
Initial release2014201920142014
Current release2.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptC++, GoJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoVector, 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 indexesyes infovia viewsnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Java API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresView functions in JavaScriptnonono inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessary
Triggersyesnonoyes infoChange Listeners
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingSharding infobased on Cassandranone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneselectable replication factor infobased on Cassandranone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datano infoatomic operations within a single collection possiblenonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes infoIn-Memory realm
User concepts infoAccess controlnoRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoyes
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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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