DB-EnginesInfluxDB: Focus on building software with an easy-to-use serverless, scalable time series platformEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > AlaSQL vs. Fauna vs. GigaSpaces vs. H2 vs. TempoIQ

System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Fauna vs. GigaSpaces vs. H2 vs. TempoIQ

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGigaSpaces  Xexclude from comparisonH2  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparison
TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryFauna provides a web-native interface, with support for GraphQL and custom business logic that integrates seamlessly with the rest of the serverless ecosystem. The underlying globally distributed storage and compute platform is fast, consistent, and reliable, with a modern security infrastructure.High performance in-memory data grid platform, powering three products: Smart Cache, Smart ODS (Operational Data Store), Smart Augmented TransactionsFull-featured RDBMS with a small footprint, either embedded into a Java application or used as a database server.Scalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Document store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store
Object oriented DBMS infoValues are user defined objects
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Search engine
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.49
Rank#259  Overall
#40  Document stores
#120  Relational DBMS
Score1.55
Rank#154  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#72  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score1.02
Rank#192  Overall
#32  Document stores
#6  Object oriented DBMS
Score8.22
Rank#50  Overall
#32  Relational DBMS
Websitealasql.orgfauna.comwww.gigaspaces.comwww.h2database.comtempoiq.com (offline)
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqldocs.fauna.comdocs.gigaspaces.com/­latest/­landing.htmlwww.h2database.com/­html/­main.html
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffFauna, Inc.Gigaspaces TechnologiesThomas MuellerTempoIQ
Initial release20142014200020052012
Current release15.5, September 20202.2.220, July 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2; Commercial licenses availableOpen Source infodual-licence (Mozilla public license, Eclipse public license)commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaScriptScalaJava, C++, .NetJava
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)hostedLinux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
All OS with a Java VM
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonoyesyesyes
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 infoXML can be used for describing objects metadatanono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noSQL-99 for query and DML statementsyesno
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIRESTful HTTP APIGigaSpaces LRMI
Hibernate
JCache
JDBC
JPA
ODBC
RESTful HTTP API
Spring Data
JDBC
ODBC
HTTP API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
C++
Java
Python
Scala
JavaC#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyesJava Stored Procedures and User-Defined Functionsno
Triggersyesnoyes, event driven architectureyesyes infoRealtime Alerts
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
Source-replica replication infosynchronous or asynchronous
With clustering: 2 database servers on different computers operate on identical copies of a database
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyes infoMap-Reduce pattern can be built with XAP task executorsnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency infoConsistency level configurable: ALL, QUORUM, ANYImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyesno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageACIDACIDACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlRole-based access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardsimple authentication-based access control

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
AlaSQLFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBGigaSpacesH2TempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB
Recent citations in the news

Create a Marvel Database with SQL and Javascript, the easy way
2 July 2019, Towards Data Science

Multi faceted data exploration in the browser using Leaflet and amCharts
3 May 2020, Towards Data Science

provided by Google News

Slicing the Gordian Knot: A leap to real-time systems of truth
3 February 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Fauna Launches Distributed Document-Relational Database On Google Cloud Marketplace
21 March 2024, GlobeNewswire

Fauna Adds Transformative Schema-as-Code Capabilities to Enterprise Proven, Document-Relational Database
15 November 2023, Business Wire

Fauna Query Language tamed to appeal to developers
22 August 2023, The Register

CITES Trade Database surpasses 25 million trade transaction records
3 October 2023, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

provided by Google News

GigaSpaces to hand out almost $14 million in dividends following Cloudify’s acquisition by Dell
19 July 2023, CTech

Data Sciences Corporation partners with GigaSpaces Technologies to usher DIH technology to enterprises in SA
10 October 2023, ITWeb

GigaSpaces Announces Version 16.0 with Breakthrough Data Integration Tools to Ease Enterprises' Digital ...
3 November 2021, PR Newswire

GigaSpaces Spins Off Cloudify, Its Open Source Cloud Orchestration Unit
27 July 2017, Data Center Knowledge

Your occasional storage digest with GigaSpaces, Virtana and NAND ship data – Blocks and Files
7 December 2020, Blocks & Files

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

Datastax Astra logo

Bring all your data to Generative AI applications with vector search enabled by the most scalable
vector database available.
Try for Free

Milvus logo

Vector database designed for GenAI, fully equipped for enterprise implementation.
Try Managed Milvus for Free

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

SingleStore logo

Build AI apps with Vectors on SQL and JSON with milliseconds response times.
Try it today.

Ontotext logo

GraphDB allows you to link diverse data, index it for semantic search and enrich it via text analysis to build big knowledge graphs. Get it free.

Present your product here