DB-EnginesextremeDB - Data management wherever you need itEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by Redgate Software

DBMS > Apache Pinot vs. FoundationDB

System Properties Comparison Apache Pinot vs. FoundationDB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Our visitors often compare Apache Pinot and FoundationDB with PostgreSQL, Redis and Apache Cassandra.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameApache Pinot  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.
DescriptionRealtime distributed OLAP datastore, designed to answer OLAP queries with low latencyOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.35
Rank#271  Overall
#124  Relational DBMS
Score0.89
Rank#199  Overall
#33  Document stores
#30  Key-value stores
#93  Relational DBMS
Websitepinot.apache.orggithub.com/­apple/­foundationdb
Technical documentationdocs.pinot.apache.orgapple.github.io/­foundationdb
DeveloperApache Software Foundation and contributorsFoundationDB
Initial release20152013
Current release1.0.0, September 20236.2.28, November 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageJavaC++
Server operating systemsAll OS with a Java JDK11 or higherLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-free infosome layers support schemas
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesno infosome layers support typing
Secondary indexesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLSQL-like query languagesupported in specific SQL layer only
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
Supported programming languagesGo
Java
Python
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer only
Triggersno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer only
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes
User concepts infoAccess controlno

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
Apache PinotFoundationDB
Recent citations in the news

Build a real-time analytics solution with Apache Pinot on AWS
6 August 2024, AWS Blog

How to connect your OLTP DB to Apache Pinot for Realtime Analytics
22 January 2025, substack.com

Serving Millions of Apache Pinotâ„¢ Queries with Neutrino
11 December 2024, Uber

StarTree eyes observability market with Apache Pinot-based real-time engine
27 September 2024, SiliconANGLE News

Apache Pinot Brings Real Time Analysis to Columnar Data
13 December 2024, The New Stack

provided by Google News

FoundationDB team’s new venture, Antithesis, raises $47M to enhance software testing
13 February 2024, SiliconANGLE News

How FoundationDB Powers Snowflake Metadata Forward
19 April 2018, Snowflake

Apple Acquires Durable Database Company FoundationDB
24 March 2015, TechCrunch

Apple Acquires FoundationDB
24 March 2015, blogs.wsj.com

Apple's FoundationDB takes new Record Layer open source, confirms tech underpins CloudKit
14 January 2019, AppleInsider

provided by Google News



Share this page

Featured Products

SingleStore logo

The data platform to build your intelligent applications.
Try it free.

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.

RaimaDB logo

RaimaDB, embedded database for mission-critical applications. When performance, footprint and reliability matters.
Try RaimaDB for free.

Present your product here