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DBMS > Milvus vs. ObjectBox vs. Prometheus vs. Trafodion

System Properties Comparison Milvus vs. ObjectBox vs. Prometheus vs. Trafodion

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonObjectBox  Xexclude from comparisonPrometheus  Xexclude from comparisonTrafodion  Xexclude from comparison
Apache Trafodion has been retired in 2021. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesLightweight, fast on-device database for IoT, Mobile and Embedded devices, persisting and synchronising objects and vectorsOpen-source Time Series DBMS and monitoring systemTransactional SQL-on-Hadoop DBMS
Primary database modelVector DBMSObject oriented DBMS
Vector DBMS
Time Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsTime Series DBMS
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Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score1.29
Rank#166  Overall
#5  Object oriented DBMS
#7  Vector DBMS
Score7.69
Rank#50  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
Websitemilvus.iogithub.com/­objectbox
objectbox.io
prometheus.iotrafodion.apache.org
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.objectbox.ioprometheus.io/­docstrafodion.apache.org/­documentation.html
DeveloperObjectBox LimitedApache Software Foundation, originally developed by HP
Initial release2019201720152014
Current release2.4.4, May 20244.0 (May 2024)2.3.0, February 2019
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Bindings are released under Apache 2.0 infoApache License 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Zilliz Cloud – Cloud-native service for Milvus
Implementation languageC++, GoC and C++GoC++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Android
Any POSIX system
Docker
iOS
Linux
macOS
QNX
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateVector, Numeric and Stringyes, plus "flex" map-like typesNumeric data onlyyes
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.nonono infoImport of XML data possibleno
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIProprietary native APIRESTful HTTP/JSON APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C
C++
Dart (Flutter)
Go
Java
Kotlin
Python
Swift
.Net
C++
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Ruby
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.Net
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoJava Stored Procedures
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesData sync between devices allowing occasional connected databases to work completely offlineyes infoby Federationyes, via HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyes infovia user defined functions and HBase
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyesnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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MilvusObjectBoxPrometheusTrafodion
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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