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System Properties Comparison Milvus vs. NuoDB vs. SiriDB vs. SwayDB vs. TerarkDB

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonNuoDB  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesNuoDB is a webscale distributed database that supports SQL and ACID transactionsOpen Source Time Series DBMSAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelVector DBMSRelational DBMSTime Series DBMSKey-value storeKey-value store
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Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.94
Rank#197  Overall
#92  Relational DBMS
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.08
Rank#367  Overall
#56  Key-value stores
Websitemilvus.iowww.3ds.com/­nuodb-distributed-sql-databasesiridb.comswaydb.simer.augithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddoc.nuodb.comdocs.siridb.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperDassault Systèmes infooriginally NuoDB, Inc.CesbitSimer PlahaByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20192013201720182016
Current release2.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infolimited edition freeOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++CScalaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
hosted infoAmazon EC2, Windows Azure, SoftLayer
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes infoNumeric datanono
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesnonono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
Java
Kotlin
Scala
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJava, SQLnonono
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdata is dynamically stored/cached on the nodes where it is read/writtenShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoManaged transparently by NuoDByesnonenone
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 ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACID infotunable commit protocolnoAtomic execution of operationsno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes infoMVCCyesyesyes
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.yesyes infoTemporary tableyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsStandard SQL roles/ privileges, Administrative Userssimple rights management via user accountsnono
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MilvusNuoDBSiriDBSwayDBTerarkDB
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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