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DBMS > Milvus vs. OpenQM vs. Sadas Engine vs. ToroDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

System Properties Comparison Milvus vs. OpenQM vs. Sadas Engine vs. ToroDB vs. VictoriaMetrics

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonSadas Engine  Xexclude from comparisonToroDB  Xexclude from comparisonVictoriaMetrics  Xexclude from comparison
ToroDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSSADAS Engine is a columnar DBMS specifically designed for high performance in data warehouse environmentsA MongoDB-compatible JSON document store, built on top of PostgreSQLA fast, cost-effective and scalable Time Series DBMS and monitoring solution
Primary database modelVector DBMSMultivalue DBMSRelational DBMSDocument storeTime Series DBMS
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Score2.31
Rank#113  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.27
Rank#298  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#158  Relational DBMS
Score1.32
Rank#162  Overall
#14  Time Series DBMS
Websitemilvus.iowww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmwww.sadasengine.comgithub.com/­torodb/­servervictoriametrics.com
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.sadasengine.com/­en/­sadas-engine-download-free-trial-and-documentation/­#documentationdocs.victoriametrics.com
github.com/­VictoriaMetrics/­VictoriaMetrics/­wiki
DeveloperRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsSADAS s.r.l.8KdataVictoriaMetrics
Initial release20191993200620162018
Current release2.3.4, January 20243.4-128.0v1.91, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availablecommercial infofree trial version availableOpen Source infoAGPL-V3Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++JavaGo
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
AIX
Linux
Windows
All OS with a Java 7 VMFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
OpenBSD
Data schemeyes infowith some exceptionsyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes infostring, integer, double, boolean, date, object_id
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.noyesnonono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
Graphite protocol
InfluxDB Line Protocol
OpenTSDB
Prometheus Query API
Prometheus Remote Read/Write
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoyesnono
Triggersnoyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyeshorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneSource-replica replicationSynchronous replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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 infomanaged by 'Learn by Usage'no
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users and roles
More information provided by the system vendor
MilvusOpenQM infoalso called QMSadas EngineToroDBVictoriaMetrics
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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