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DBMS > Milvus vs. Rockset vs. StarRocks vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison Milvus vs. Rockset vs. StarRocks vs. TempoIQ

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparisonStarRocks  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDBAn open source, high-performance columnar analytical database that enables real-time, multi-dimensional, and highly concurrent data analytics infoForked from Apache DorisScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelVector DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
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Score3.01
Rank#89  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score1.07
Rank#180  Overall
#31  Document stores
Score0.95
Rank#193  Overall
#89  Relational DBMS
Websitemilvus.iorockset.comwww.starrocks.iotempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mddocs.rockset.comdocs.starrocks.io/­en-us/­latest/­introduction/­StarRocks_intro
DeveloperRocksetThe Linux Foundation infosince Feb 2023TempoIQ
Initial release2019201920202012
Current release2.4.4, May 20243.3, June 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++, GoC++C++, Java
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateVector, Numeric and Stringdynamic typingyesyes
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 infoingestion from XML files supportednono
Secondary indexesnoall fields are automatically indexedyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINsyesno
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP RESTJDBC
MySQL protocol
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
JavaC#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonouser defined functionsno
Triggersnononoyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingAutomatic shardinghorizontal partitioning (by range and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes
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
Eventual ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanononono
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.yesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset consoleRole based access control and fine grained access rightssimple authentication-based access control
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MilvusRocksetStarRocksTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB
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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