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LanceDB
Read 1 LanceDB review
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Milvus
Read 4 Milvus reviews
498 views|439 comparisons
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Open Source Databases
April 2024
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Featured Review
Arucy Lionel
Researched Milvus but chose LanceDB: A simple solution that has very good documentation and low research consumption
LanceDB has improved our organization. Originally, I used RediSearch, which was complex because the app had to call an external service. Since... Read more →
Sameer Bhangale
Provides quick and easy containerization, but documentation is not very user-friendly
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  • "I am using the community edition of LanceDB, which is very cheap."

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  • "Milvus is an open-source solution."
  • "Milvus is an open-source solution."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about LanceDB?
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of LanceDB is its simplicity.
    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LanceDB?
    Top Answer:I am using the community edition of LanceDB, which is very cheap.
    What is your primary use case for LanceDB?
    Top Answer:I use LanceDB for intent detection for the bot and for managing the knowledge base. When you upload a bunch of text to the bot, it will use that to know what to say when the user presents a request.
    What do you like most about Milvus?
    Top Answer:I like the accuracy and usability.
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    What needs improvement with Milvus?
    Top Answer:Milvus could make it simpler. Simplifying the requirements and making it more accessible. It could be more user-friendly. However, their recent addition of a support server and their ongoing work… more »
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    What is your primary use case for Milvus?
    Top Answer:Initially, I used it with software support and related products. Personally, I installed it locally on Docker containers for testing. I used it for data storage and search queries, mainly for sharing… more »
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    Ranking
    10th
    out of 18 in Open Source Databases
    Views
    282
    Comparisons
    247
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    387
    Rating
    9.0
    11th
    out of 18 in Open Source Databases
    Views
    498
    Comparisons
    439
    Reviews
    3
    Average Words per Review
    317
    Rating
    7.0
    Comparisons
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    Compared 7% of the time.
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    PostgreSQL vs. LanceDB
    Compared 3% of the time.
    Redis logo
    Redis vs. LanceDB
    Compared 2% of the time.
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    Elastic Search vs. Milvus
    Compared 25% of the time.
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    Faiss vs. Milvus
    Compared 18% of the time.
    Chroma logo
    Chroma vs. Milvus
    Compared 13% of the time.
    OpenSearch logo
    OpenSearch vs. Milvus
    Compared 13% of the time.
    Redis logo
    Redis vs. Milvus
    Compared 7% of the time.
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    LanceDB
    The Milvus Project
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    Overview

    Zero management overhead, developer-friendly and open source. LanceDB is lightweight, scales from development to production and is 100x cheaper than alternatives.

    Milvus is a powerful tool for efficiently storing and retrieving large-scale vectors or embeddings. It is widely used in applications such as similarity search, recommendation systems, image and video retrieval, and natural language processing. 

    With its fast and accurate search capabilities, scalability, and support for multiple programming languages, Milvus is suitable for a wide range of industries and use cases. 

    Users appreciate its efficient search capabilities, ability to handle large-scale data, support for various data types, and user-friendly interface. 

    Milvus enables easy retrieval of information from vast datasets, regardless of the data format, and is praised for its high performance and scalability. The intuitive and easy-to-use interface is also highlighted as a valuable aspect of the platform.

    Sample Customers
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    1. Alibaba Group 2. Tencent 3. Baidu 4. JD.com 5. Meituan 6. Xiaomi 7. Didi Chuxing 8. ByteDance 9. Huawei 10. ZTE 11. Lenovo 12. Haier 13. China Mobile 14. China Telecom 15. China Unicom 16. Ping An Insurance 17. China Life Insurance 18. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China 19. Bank of China 20. Agricultural Bank of China 21. China Construction Bank 22. PetroChina 23. Sinopec 24. China National Offshore Oil Corporation 25. China Southern Airlines 26. Air China 27. China Eastern Airlines 28. China Railway Group 29. China Railway Construction Corporation 30. China Communications Construction Company 31. China Merchants Group 32. China Evergrande Group
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Educational Organization13%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    University8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company27%
    Manufacturing Company12%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Educational Organization9%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business30%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise57%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    LanceDB is ranked 10th in Open Source Databases with 1 review while Milvus is ranked 11th in Open Source Databases with 4 reviews. LanceDB is rated 9.0, while Milvus is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of LanceDB writes "A simple solution that has very good documentation and low research consumption". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Milvus writes "Provides quick and easy containerization, but documentation is not very user-friendly". LanceDB is most compared with Chroma, Qdrant, Pinecone, PostgreSQL and Redis, whereas Milvus is most compared with Elastic Search, Faiss, Chroma, OpenSearch and Redis.

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