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System Properties Comparison Milvus vs. Newts vs. Quasardb vs. SAP IQ vs. Valentina Server

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNewts  Xexclude from comparisonQuasardb  Xexclude from comparisonSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQ  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesTime Series DBMS based on CassandraDistributed, high-performance timeseries databaseColumnar RDBMS optimized for Big Data analyticsObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelVector DBMSTime Series DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS infocolumn-orientedRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.14
Rank#332  Overall
#29  Time Series DBMS
Score2.75
Rank#104  Overall
#53  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitemilvus.ioopennms.github.io/­newtsquasar.aiwww.sap.com/­products/­technology-platform/­sybase-iq-big-data-management.htmlwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdgithub.com/­OpenNMS/­newts/­wikidoc.quasar.ai/­masterhelp.sap.com/­docs/­SAP_IQvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperOpenNMS GroupquasardbSAP, formerly SybaseParadigma Software
Initial release20192014200919941999
Current release2.3.4, January 20243.14.1, January 202416.1 SPS04, April 20195.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0commercial infoFree community edition, Non-profit organizations and non-commercial usage are eligible for free licensescommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
OS X
Windows
BSD
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes infointeger and binaryyesyes
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 indexesnonoyes infowith tagsyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoSQL-like query languageyesyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
Java API
HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Java.Net
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C
C#
C++
Java
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoyesyes
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding infobased on CassandraSharding infoconsistent hashingshared disk or shared nothing architectures with SAP IQ Multiplexer
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication factor infobased on CassandraSource-replica replication with selectable replication factorSAP/Sybase Replication Server
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonowith Hadoop integrationHadoop integrationno
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
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes infoby using LevelDByesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infoTransient modenoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsnoCryptographically strong user authentication and audit trailfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
MilvusNewtsQuasardbSAP IQ infoformer name: Sybase IQValentina Server
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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