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DBMS > gStore vs. Milvus vs. NCache vs. XTDB

System Properties Comparison gStore vs. Milvus vs. NCache vs. XTDB

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NamegStore  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNCache  Xexclude from comparisonXTDB infoformerly named Crux  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA native Graph DBMS to store and maintain very large RDF datasets.A DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesOpen-Source and Enterprise in-memory Key-Value StoreA general purpose database with bitemporal SQL and Datalog and graph queries
Primary database modelGraph DBMS
RDF store
Vector DBMSKey-value storeDocument store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Search engine infoUsing distributed Lucene
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.14
Rank#342  Overall
#34  Graph DBMS
#16  RDF stores
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.96
Rank#195  Overall
#29  Key-value stores
Score0.18
Rank#332  Overall
#46  Document stores
Websiteen.gstore.cnmilvus.iowww.alachisoft.com/­ncachegithub.com/­xtdb/­xtdb
www.xtdb.com
Technical documentationen.gstore.cn/­#/­enDocsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.alachisoft.com/­resources/­docswww.xtdb.com/­docs
DeveloperAlachisoftJuxt Ltd.
Initial release2016201920052019
Current release1.2, November 20232.3.4, January 20245.3.3, April 20241.19, September 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoBSDOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoEnterprise Edition availableOpen Source infoMIT License
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++C++, GoC#, .NET, .NET Core, JavaClojure
Server operating systemsLinuxLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 8 (and higher) VM
Linux
Data schemeschema-free and OWL/RDFS-schema supportschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringpartial infoSupported data types are Lists, Queues, Hashsets, Dictionary and Counteryes, extensible-data-notation format
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 indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query syntax and LINQ for searching the cache. Cache Synchronization with SQL Server using SQL dependency.limited SQL, making use of Apache Calcite
APIs and other access methodsHTTP API
SPARQL 1.1
RESTful HTTP APIIDistributedCache
JCache
LINQ
Proprietary native API
HTTP REST
JDBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
.Net Core
C#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Scala
Clojure
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnono infosupport for stored procedures with SQL-Server CLRno
Triggersnoyes infoNotificationsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes, with selectable consistency levelyes, each node contains all data
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Strong Eventual Consistency over WAN with Conflict Resolution using Bridge Topology
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesnooptimistic locking and pessimistic lockingACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes, flexibel persistency by using storage technologies like Apache Kafka, RocksDB or LMDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers, roles and permissions, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) supportedRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAuthentication to access the cache via Active Directory/LDAP (possible roles: user, administrator)
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gStoreMilvusNCacheXTDB infoformerly named Crux
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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NCache has been the market leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005 . NCache...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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NCache is 100% .NET/ .NET Core based which fully supports ASP.NET Core Sessions ,...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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NCache enables industries like retail, finance, banking IoT, travel, ecommerce, healthcare...
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Bank of America, Citi, Natures Way, Charter Spectrum, Barclays, Henry Schein, GBM,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Market Leader in .NET Distributed Caching since 2005.
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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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NCache Open Source is free on an as-is basis without any support. NCache Enterprise...
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