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System Properties Comparison Milvus vs. Qdrant vs. Typesense

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonQdrant  Xexclude from comparisonTypesense  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA high-performance vector database with neural network or semantic-based matchingA typo-tolerant, in-memory search engine optimized for instant search-as-you-type experiences and developer productivity
Primary database modelVector DBMSVector DBMSSearch engine
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Score1.81
Rank#144  Overall
#5  Vector DBMS
Score1.23
Rank#171  Overall
#6  Vector DBMS
Score0.91
Rank#203  Overall
#14  Search engines
Websitemilvus.iogithub.com/­qdrant/­qdrant
qdrant.tech
typesense.org
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdqdrant.tech/­documentationtypesense.org/­docs
DeveloperQdrant
Initial release201920212015
Current release2.3.4, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++, GoRustC++
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Docker
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infopre-defined schema optional
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateVector, Numeric and StringNumbers, Strings, Geo, Booleanyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyes infoKeywords, numberic ranges, geo, full-textyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIgRPC
OpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP/JSON API infoOpenAPI 3.0
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust
.Net infocommunity maintained
Clojure infocommunity maintained
Dart infocommunity maintained
Go infocommunity maintained
Java infocommunity maintained
JavaScript
Perl infocommunity maintained
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust infocommunity maintained
Swift infocommunity maintained
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnono
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesCollection-level replicationMulti-source replication using RAFT
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Eventual Consistency, tunable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsKey-based authentication
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MilvusQdrantTypesense
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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