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System Properties Comparison Milvus vs. Sequoiadb vs. SQL.JS vs. Yaacomo

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSequoiadb  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  Xexclude from comparison
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DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesNewSQL database with distributed OLTP and SQLPort of SQLite to JavaScriptOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelVector DBMSDocument store
Relational DBMS
Relational DBMSRelational DBMS
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Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score0.50
Rank#258  Overall
#41  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score0.63
Rank#241  Overall
#112  Relational DBMS
Websitemilvus.iowww.sequoiadb.comsql.js.orgyaacomo.com
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdwww.sequoiadb.com/­en/­index.php?m=Files&a=indexsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.html
DeveloperSequoiadb Ltd.Alon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release2019201320122009
Current release2.4.4, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoServer: AGPL; Client: Apache V2Open Sourcecommercial
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++JavaScript
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateVector, Numeric and Stringyes infooid, date, timestamp, binary, regexyesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query languageyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportedyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIproprietary protocol using JSONJavaScript APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
.Net
C++
Java
PHP
Python
JavaScript
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnoJavaScriptno
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationnoneSource-replica 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
Eventual ConsistencynoneImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoDocument is locked during a transactionACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlRole based access control and fine grained access rightssimple password-based access controlnofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
MilvusSequoiadbSQL.JSYaacomo
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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