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System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. EsgynDB vs. Fauna vs. HyperSQL vs. TerminusDB

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonEsgynDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHyperSQL infoalso known as HSQLDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn IoT native database with high performance for data management and analysis, deployable on the edge and the cloud and integrated with Hadoop, Spark and FlinkEnterprise-class SQL-on-Hadoop solution, powered by Apache TrafodionFauna 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.Multithreaded, transactional RDBMS written in Java infoalso known as HSQLDBScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF store
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Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score0.16
Rank#329  Overall
#146  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score3.49
Rank#87  Overall
#47  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgwww.esgyn.cnfauna.comhsqldb.orgterminusdb.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.fauna.comhsqldb.org/­web/­hsqlDocsFrame.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperApache Software FoundationEsgynFauna, Inc.DataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20182015201420012018
Current release1.1.0, April 20232.7.2, June 202311.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialcommercialOpen Source infobased on BSD licenseOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesnono
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Implementation languageJavaC++, JavaScalaJavaProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)LinuxhostedAll OS with a Java VM infoEmbedded (into Java applications) and Client-Server operating modesLinux
Data schemeyesyesschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesyesnoyesyes
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.nonononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languageyesnoyesSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API infoJDBC via HTTP
JDBC
ODBC
OWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/ADO.NetC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
All languages supporting JDBC/ODBC
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesJava Stored Proceduresuser defined functionsJava, SQLyes
Triggersyesnonoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Shardinghorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingnoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasMulti-source replication between multi datacentersMulti-source replicationnoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparkyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardIdentity management, authentication, and access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole-based access control

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