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System Properties Comparison BoltDB vs. Fauna vs. HBase vs. OrientDB vs. Rockset

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NameBoltDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonHBase  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionAn embedded key-value store for Go.Fauna 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.Wide-column store based on Apache Hadoop and on concepts of BigTableMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)A scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelKey-value storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Wide column storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Document store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.80
Rank#215  Overall
#31  Key-value stores
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score27.97
Rank#26  Overall
#2  Wide column stores
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Score0.82
Rank#212  Overall
#36  Document stores
Websitegithub.com/­boltdb/­boltfauna.comhbase.apache.orgorientdb.orgrockset.com
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comhbase.apache.org/­book.htmlwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.htmldocs.rockset.com
DeveloperFauna, Inc.Apache Software Foundation infoApache top-level project, originally developed by PowersetOrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAPRockset
Initial release20132014200820102019
Current release2.3.4, January 20213.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicensecommercialOpen Source infoApache version 2Open Source infoApache version 2commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonoyes
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Implementation languageGoScalaJavaJavaC++
Server operating systemsBSD
Linux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
hostedLinux
Unix
Windows infousing Cygwin
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)hosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibleschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")schema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenonooptions to bring your own types, AVROyesdynamic typing
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 infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesnoyesnoyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnononoSQL-like query language, no joinsRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJava API
RESTful HTTP API
Thrift
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesGoC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Groovy
Java
PHP
Python
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsyes infoCoprocessors in JavaJava, Javascriptno
TriggersnonoyesHooksno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingShardingShardingAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
Multi-source replicationyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno infocould be achieved with distributed queriesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integritynoyesnoyes inforelationship in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayesACIDSingle row ACID (across millions of columns)ACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.nonoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlAccess Control Lists (ACL) for RBAC, integration with Apache Ranger for RBAC & ABACAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurableAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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