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System Properties Comparison MarkLogic vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Milvus vs. OushuDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameMarkLogic  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonOushuDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionOperational and transactional Enterprise NoSQL databaseSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA data warehouse powered by Apache HAWQ supporting descriptive analysis and advanced machine learningObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store
Native XML DBMS
RDF store infoas of version 7
Search engine
Search engineVector DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score5.18
Rank#63  Overall
#11  Document stores
#1  Native XML DBMS
#1  RDF stores
#7  Search engines
Score5.52
Rank#59  Overall
#6  Search engines
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#355  Overall
#154  Relational DBMS
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.progress.com/­marklogicazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchmilvus.iowww.oushu.com/­product/­oushuDBwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationwww.progress.com/­marklogic/­documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­searchmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.oushu.com/­documentationvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperMarkLogic Corp.MicrosoftOushuParadigma Software
Initial release2001201520191999
Current release11.0, December 2022V12.3.4, January 20244.0.1, August 20205.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availablecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC++C++, Go
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infoSchema can be enforcedyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesVector, 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.yesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoSQL92nonoFull-featured ANSI SQL supportyes
APIs and other access methodsJava API
Node.js Client API
ODBC
proprietary Optic API infoProprietary Query API, introduced with version 9
RESTful HTTP API
SPARQL
WebDAV
XDBC
XQuery
XSLT
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes infovia XQuery or JavaScriptnonoyesyes
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud serviceShardingyes
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsyes infovia Hadoop Connector, HDFS Direct Access and in-database MapReduce jobsnonoHadoop integrationno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID infocan act as a resource manager in an XA/JTA transactionnonoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes, with Range Indexesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole-based access control at the document and subdocument levelsyes infousing Azure authenticationRole based access control and fine grained access rightsKerberos, SSL and role based accessfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
MarkLogicMicrosoft Azure AI SearchMilvusOushuDBValentina Server
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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