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DBMS > Apache IoTDB vs. Fauna vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Yanza

System Properties Comparison Apache IoTDB vs. Fauna vs. Lovefield vs. Microsoft Azure AI Search vs. Yanza

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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonLovefield  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure AI Search  Xexclude from comparisonYanza  Xexclude from comparison
Yanza seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines Ranking.
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 FlinkFauna 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.Embeddable relational database for web apps written in pure JavaScriptSearch-as-a-service for web and mobile app developmentTime Series DBMS for IoT Applications
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSSearch engineTime Series DBMS
Secondary database modelsVector DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.29
Rank#293  Overall
#133  Relational DBMS
Score5.59
Rank#63  Overall
#7  Search engines
Websiteiotdb.apache.orgfauna.comgoogle.github.io/­lovefieldazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­services/­searchyanza.com
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmldocs.fauna.comgithub.com/­google/­lovefield/­blob/­master/­docs/­spec_index.mdlearn.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­search
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFauna, Inc.GoogleMicrosoftYanza
Initial release20182014201420152015
Current release1.1.0, April 20232.1.12, February 2017V1
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial infofree version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno infobut mainly used as a service provided by Yanza
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Implementation languageJavaScalaJavaScript
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)hostedserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js) infotested with Chrome, Firefox, IE, SafarihostedWindows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesyesno
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 indexesyesyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagenoSQL-like query language infovia JavaScript builder patternnono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
RESTful HTTP APIRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
any language that supports HTTP calls
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesuser defined functionsnonono
TriggersyesnoUsing read-only observersnoyes infoTimer and event based
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)horizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingnoneSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
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 replicationnoneyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud servicenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Immediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, by using IndexedDB or the cloud service Firebase Realtime Databaseyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesnoyes infousing MemoryDBno
User concepts infoAccess controlyesIdentity management, authentication, and access controlnoyes infousing Azure authenticationno

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