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

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesTime Series DBMS based on CassandraMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A 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 DBMSTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#375  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitemilvus.ioopennms.github.io/­newtsorientdb.orgorigodb.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikiwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmlorigodb.com/­docs
DeveloperOpenNMS GroupOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPRobert Friberg et alSTS Soft SC
Initial release2019201420102009 infounder the name LiveDB2011
Current release2.4.4, May 20243.2.29, March 20244.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache version 2Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoJavaJavaC#C#
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)Linux
Windows
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")yesyes
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 indexesnonoyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query language, no joinsnono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Java API
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
.NetC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonoJava, Javascriptyesno
TriggersnonoHooksyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on CassandraShardinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizednone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infocould be achieved with distributed queriesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Immediate Consistency infobased on Cassandra
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyes inforelationship in graphsdepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableRole based authorizationno
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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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