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NameApache IoTDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGraphite  Xexclude from comparisonHugeGraph  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the 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 FlinkOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Data logging and graphing tool for time series data infoThe storage layer (fixed size database) is called WhisperA fast-speed and highly-scalable Graph DBMS
Primary database modelTime Series DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.18
Rank#173  Overall
#15  Time Series DBMS
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score4.57
Rank#73  Overall
#5  Time Series DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#336  Overall
#32  Graph DBMS
Websiteiotdb.apache.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgithub.com/­graphite-project/­graphite-webgithub.com/­hugegraph
hugegraph.apache.org
Technical documentationiotdb.apache.org/­UserGuide/­Master/­QuickStart/­QuickStart.htmlapple.github.io/­foundationdbgraphite.readthedocs.iohugegraph.apache.org/­docs
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFoundationDBChris DavisBaidu
Initial release2018201320062018
Current release1.1.0, April 20236.2.28, November 20200.9
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++PythonJava
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java VM (>= 1.8)Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
Unix
Linux
macOS
Unix
Data schemeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingNumeric data onlyyes
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
Secondary indexesyesnonoyes infoalso supports composite index and range index
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagesupported in specific SQL layer onlynono
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Native API
HTTP API
Sockets
Java API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop Gremlin
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Groovy
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesin SQL-layer onlynoasynchronous Gremlin script jobs
Triggersyesnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning (by time range) + vertical partitioning (by deviceId)Shardingnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesselectable replication methods; using Raft/IoTConsensus algorithm to ensure strong/eventual data consistency among multiple replicasyesnoneyes infodepending on used storage backend, e.g. Cassandra and HBase
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsIntegration with Hadoop and Sparknonovia hugegraph-spark
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemEventual Consistency
Strong Consistency with Raft
Linearizable consistencynoneEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlynoyes infoedges in graph
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes infolockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlyesnonoUsers, roles and permissions

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