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DBMS > jBASE vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox

System Properties Comparison jBASE vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. Milvus vs. ObjectBox

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NamejBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareDatabase as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectors
Primary database modelMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.36
Rank#157  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score72.95
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score3.01
Rank#89  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#179  Overall
#6  Object oriented DBMS
#9  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databasemilvus.iogithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
Technical documentationdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.objectbox.io
DeveloperRocket Software (formerly Zumasys)MicrosoftObjectBox Limited
Initial release1991201020192017
Current release5.7V122.4.4, May 20244.0 (May 2024)
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialcommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C++, GoC and C++
Server operating systemsAIX
Linux
Windows
hostedLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateoptionalyesVector, Numeric and Stringyes, plus "flex" map-like types
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.yesyesnono
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIProprietary native API
Supported programming languages.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
.Net
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesTransact SQLnono
Triggersyesyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyes, with always 3 replicas availableData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offline
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnoACID
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.yesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyes
More information provided by the system vendor
jBASEMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL AzureMilvusObjectBox
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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