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DBMS > MaxDB vs. Milvus vs. Sequoiadb vs. SiriDB vs. SwayDB

System Properties Comparison MaxDB vs. Milvus vs. Sequoiadb vs. SiriDB vs. SwayDB

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NameMaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-D  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust and reliable RDBMS optimized to run all major SAP solutionsA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLOpen Source Time Series DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storage
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
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Score2.26
Rank#114  Overall
#55  Relational DBMS
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Websitemaxdb.sap.commilvus.iowww.sequoiadb.comsiridb.comswaydb.simer.au
Technical documentationmaxdb.sap.com/­documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexdocs.siridb.com
DeveloperSAP, acquired from Software AG (Adabas-D) in 1997Sequoiadb Ltd.CesbitSimer Plaha
Initial release19842019201320172018
Current release7.9.10.12, February 20242.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial infoLimited community edition freeOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, GoC++CScala
Server operating systemsAIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
LinuxLinux
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyes infoNumeric datano
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesnoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query languagenono
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
WebDAV
RESTful HTTP APIproprietary protocol using JSONHTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C#
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Java
Kotlin
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnoJavaScriptnono
Triggersyesnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationSource-replica replicationyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoDocument is locked during a transactionnoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightssimple password-based access controlsimple rights management via user accountsno
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MaxDB infoformerly named Adabas-DMilvusSequoiadbSiriDBSwayDB
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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