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System Properties Comparison Milvus vs. NebulaGraph vs. Newts vs. OrigoDB vs. STSdb

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNebulaGraph  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA distributed, linear scalable, high perfomant Graph DBMSTime Series DBMS based on CassandraA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelVector DBMSGraph DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score2.23
Rank#116  Overall
#10  Graph DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitemilvus.iogithub.com/­vesoft-inc/­nebula
www.nebula-graph.io
opennms.github.io/­newtsorigodb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.nebula-graph.iogithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperVesoft Inc.OpenNMS GroupRobert Friberg et alSTS Soft SC
Initial release2019201920142009 infounder the name LiveDB2011
Current release2.4.4, May 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0 + Common Clause 1.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++JavaC#C#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeStrong typed schemaschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateVector, Numeric and StringyesyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
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 infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyes infoNebula Graph internally uses the Key-Value store RocksDB for persistency. The vertices, edges, and their properties are stored as Key while their values are stored as Value. The primary indexes are per Key and secondary indexes are per Value.noyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languagenonono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIBrowser interface
console (shell)
Cypher Query Language
GO Object Graph Mapper
Java Object Graph Mapper
NGBatis infoORM framework for NebulaGraph and Spring-Boot
Proprietary native API
Python Object Graph Mapper
Query language nGQL
HTTP REST
Java API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Go
Java
PHP
Python
Java.NetC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersnonoyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding infobased on Cassandrahorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCausal Clustering using Raft protocolselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyes infoRelationships in graphsnodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsRole-based access controlnoRole based authorizationno
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MilvusNebulaGraphNewtsOrigoDBSTSdb
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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NebulaGraph is a truly distributed, linearly scalable, lightning-fast graph database,...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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NebulaGraph boasts the world's only graph database solution that is able to host...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Social networking Fraud detection Knowledge graph Data warehouse management Anti...
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Companies from a variety of industries have implemented NebulaGraph Database in production,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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At our very early stage, NebulaGraph has already received over 10,000 stars on GitHub...
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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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NebulaGraph is open source and free to use under Apache 2.0 license.
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