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Milvus vs SingleStore comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

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Categories and Ranking

Milvus
Ranking in Vector Databases
13th
Average Rating
7.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (14th)
SingleStore
Ranking in Vector Databases
10th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Vector Databases category, the mindshare of Milvus is 7.0%, down from 7.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SingleStore is 3.4%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Vector Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
SingleStore3.4%
Milvus7.0%
Other89.6%
Vector Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Sameer Bhangale - PeerSpot reviewer
Leader, Data Science Practice at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Provides quick and easy containerization, but documentation is not very user-friendly
Milvus' documentation is not very user-friendly and doesn't help me get started quickly. Chroma DB provides super user-friendly documentation, enabling new users to get started quickly. Chroma DB's setup doesn't have many dependencies, whereas Milvus usually comes with some dependencies because of the way it needs to be deployed. Unlike Milvus, it's very easy to do POCs with Chroma DB.
Kelvin  Ben - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Honeywell
Real-time analytics has transformed daily decisions and delivers fast dashboards from streaming data
The best features SingleStore offers include fast data recovery and data compression by 80 percent. Having the information in sheets helps me to process the information quickly. Simplicity in T-SQL is another aspect I appreciate. Data recovery and sheet-based processing help my team on a day-to-day basis by enabling us to handle information efficiently. I would like to add that the data compression by 80 percent helps us in an excellent way since we are very fast in obtaining the data for our dashboards and the compression of the information is great. SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone. It has been very helpful because our internal clients are happy to have the data and make data-driven decisions easily. Making decisions based on data within a two-hour delay to the transactional database is excellent since we went from twenty-four hours to two hours. I think the best contribution is decision-making with data that is close to reality. Reducing that delay from twenty-four hours to two hours has significantly affected my team and business outcomes by increasing productivity. We have been able to serve all our customers, and they are very happy. We can deliver to them on time.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The best feature of Milvus was finding the closest chunk from a huge amount of data."
"Milvus has good accuracy and performance."
"The solution is well containerized, and since containerization is quick and easy for me, I can scale it up quickly."
"I like the accuracy and usability."
"Milvus offers multiple methods for calculating similarities or distances between vectors, such as L2 norm and cosine similarity. These methods help in comparing different vectors based on specific use cases. For instance, in our use case, we find that the L2 distance works best, but you can experiment with different methods to find the most suitable one for your needs."
"MemSQL is a very powerful database."
"It's a distributed relational database, so it does not have a single server, it has multiple servers. Its architecture itself is fast because it has multiple nodes to distribute the workload and process large amounts of data."
"The paramount advantage is the exceptional speed."
"SingleStore has impacted my organization positively by enabling us to run low-latency analytics and model-driven use cases at scale, which is quite difficult for OLAP and OLTP databases alone."
"After moving to SingleStore, we definitely managed to speed things up and reduce costs because we do not need to have many tables split by month as in SQL Server."
"MemSQL supports the MySQL protocol, and many functions are similar, so the learning curve is very short."
"SingleStore has impacted my organization positively because the output and performance of the app have been improved."
"The ability to store data in memory is a standout feature, enhanced by robust failover mechanisms."
 

Cons

"I've heard that when we store too much data in Milvus, it becomes slow and does not work properly."
"Milvus has higher resource consumption, which introduces complexity in implementation."
"Milvus' documentation is not very user-friendly and doesn't help me get started quickly."
"Milvus could make it simpler. Simplifying the requirements and making it more accessible. It could be more user-friendly."
"If you are going for self-managed, you need to set up a solid backup pipeline with SingleStore support, which was my only dissatisfaction, but after doing what was needed, we have very good backup and restore pipelines running, and in Helios, everything is perfect."
"SingleStore is very well at the current stage, but I see room for improvement in ease of administration, monitoring, and reducing troubleshooting time."
"SingleStore can be improved in the aspect that the Azure pipelines do not have many parameterization features compared to others, for example, AWS."
"Having the ability to migrate servers using a single command would be extremely beneficial."
"I have noticed that SingleStore can be improved because the integration of SingleStore with DataDog is not good."
"In my opinion, SingleStore could be improved, and we are talking about this directly with SingleStore."
"There should be more pipelines available because I think that if MemSQL can connect to other services, that would be great."
"For new customers, it's very tough to start. Their documentation isn't organized, and there's no online training available. SingleStore is working on it, but that's a major drawback."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Milvus is an open-source solution."
"Milvus is an open-source solution."
"SingleStore is a bit expensive."
"The product's licensing is not expensive. It is comparable."
"They have two main options: cloud installation and bare-metal installation, each with different pricing models."
"Using it for analytical purposes can be cost-effective in the long run, especially in terms of infrastructure."
"I would advise users to try the free 128GB version."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Financial Services Firm
27%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Computer Software Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SingleStore DB?
The setup cost was surprisingly good, and our transfer to Helios was almost seamless, as far as databases go, and it was not expensive.
What needs improvement with SingleStore DB?
In my opinion, SingleStore could be improved, and we are talking about this directly with SingleStore. I have a relationship with their employees who are in California, and we are gradually improvi...
What is your primary use case for SingleStore DB?
The primary use case for SingleStore in my company is a project to migrate a large system from MS SQL to SingleStore. Specifically, I am currently migrating the data insert process from MS SQL Serv...
 

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