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System Properties Comparison Microsoft SQL Server vs. Milvus vs. Newts vs. Oracle Rdb vs. Qdrant

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NameMicrosoft SQL Server  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Rdb  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionMicrosofts flagship relational DBMSA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matching
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
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Trend Chart
Score824.29
Rank#3  Overall
#3  Relational DBMS
Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score1.08
Rank#184  Overall
#85  Relational DBMS
Score1.16
Rank#175  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Websitewww.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sql-servermilvus.ioopennms.github.io/­newtswww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb.htmlgithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
Technical documentationlearn.microsoft.com/­en-US/­sql/­sql-servermilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiwww.oracle.com/­database/­technologies/­related/­rdb-doc.htmlqdrant.tech/­documentation
DeveloperMicrosoftOpenNMS GroupOracle, originally developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Qdrant
Initial release19892019201419842021
Current releaseSQL Server 2022, November 20222.3.4, January 20247.4.1.1, 2021
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial inforestricted free version is availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, GoJavaRust
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Windows
HP Open VMSDocker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeFlexible Schema (defined schema, partial schema, schema free)schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and StringyesyesNumbers, Strings, Geo, Boolean
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.yesnononono
Secondary indexesyesnonoyesyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-text
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
Tabular Data Stream (TDS)
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Java API
gRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
Supported programming languagesC#
C++
Delphi
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Visual Basic
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresTransact SQL, .NET languages, R, Python and (with SQL Server 2019) Javanono
Triggersyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodestables can be distributed across several files (horizontal partitioning); sharding through federationShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, but depending on the SQL-Server Editionselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraCollection-level replication
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 Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoyes, on a single node
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.yesyesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoKey-based authentication
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Microsoft SQL ServerMilvusNewtsOracle RdbQdrant
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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