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DBMS > Apache Phoenix vs. FoundationDB vs. Realm vs. Valentina Server vs. Yaacomo

System Properties Comparison Apache Phoenix vs. FoundationDB vs. Realm vs. Valentina Server vs. Yaacomo

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NameApache Phoenix  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonRealm  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  Xexclude from comparisonYaacomo  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.Yaacomo seems to be discontinued and is removed from the DB-Engines ranking
DescriptionA scale-out RDBMS with evolutionary schema built on Apache HBaseOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.A DBMS built for use on mobile devices that’s a fast, easy to use alternative to SQLite and Core DataObject-relational database and reports serverOpenCL based in-memory RDBMS, designed for efficiently utilizing the hardware via parallel computing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score2.06
Rank#123  Overall
#58  Relational DBMS
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score7.41
Rank#52  Overall
#8  Document stores
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitephoenix.apache.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbrealm.iowww.valentina-db.netyaacomo.com
Technical documentationphoenix.apache.orgapple.github.io/­foundationdbrealm.io/­docsvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperApache Software FoundationFoundationDBRealm, acquired by MongoDB in May 2019Paradigma SoftwareQ2WEB GmbH
Initial release20142013201419992009
Current release5.0-HBase2, July 2018 and 4.15-HBase1, December 20196.2.28, November 20205.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0Open Sourcecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsLinux
Unix
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Backend: server-less
iOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Android
Linux
Windows
Data schemeyes infolate-bound, schema-on-read capabilitiesschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typingyesyesyes
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 indexesyesnoyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyessupported in specific SQL layer onlynoyesyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBCODBCJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
Java infowith Android only
Objective-C
React Native
Swift
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsin SQL-layer onlyno inforuns within the applications so server-side scripts are unnecessaryyes
Triggersnonoyes infoChange Listenersyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingnonehorizontal partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
yesnoneSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsHadoop integrationnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyLinearizable consistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoin SQL-layer onlynoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoIn-Memory realmyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlAccess Control Lists (using HBase ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABAC, multi-tenancynoyesfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard

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