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System Properties Comparison Milvus vs. SpaceTime vs. Spark SQL vs. Transwarp ArgoDB

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NameMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonSpaceTime  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp ArgoDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesSpaceTime is a spatio-temporal DBMS with a focus on performance.Spark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processingDistributed Analytical Database to replace Hadoop+MPP hybrid architecture
Primary database modelVector DBMSSpatial DBMSRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMSSearch engine
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Score2.78
Rank#103  Overall
#3  Vector DBMS
Score0.03
Rank#392  Overall
#8  Spatial DBMS
Score18.04
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#348  Overall
#151  Relational DBMS
Websitemilvus.iowww.mireo.com/­spacetimespark.apache.org/­sqlwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­product/­argodb
Technical documentationmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.htmldocs.transwarp.cn/­#/­documents-support/­docs?category=ARGODB
DeveloperMireoApache Software FoundationTranswarp
Initial release201920202014
Current release2.3.4, January 20243.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++, GoC++Scala
Server operating systemsLinux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
LinuxLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateVector, Numeric and Stringyesyesyes
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
Secondary indexesnononoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoA subset of ANSI SQL is implementedSQL-like DML and DDL statementsyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
C#
C++
Python
Java
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnonono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingFixed-grid hypercubesyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesReal-time block device replication (DRBD)none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanonono
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 rightsyesno
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MilvusSpaceTimeSpark SQLTranswarp ArgoDB
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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