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System Properties Comparison Brytlyt vs. Fauna vs. Kdb vs. PouchDB vs. Spark SQL

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NameBrytlyt  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonPouchDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpark SQL  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionScalable GPU-accelerated RDBMS for very fast analytic and streaming workloads, leveraging PostgreSQLFauna 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.High performance Time Series DBMSJavaScript DBMS with an API inspired by CouchDBSpark SQL is a component on top of 'Spark Core' for structured data processing
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Document storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.29
Rank#288  Overall
#131  Relational DBMS
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score7.55
Rank#53  Overall
#3  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score2.28
Rank#115  Overall
#21  Document stores
Score18.96
Rank#33  Overall
#20  Relational DBMS
Websitebrytlyt.iofauna.comkx.compouchdb.comspark.apache.org/­sql
Technical documentationdocs.brytlyt.iodocs.fauna.comcode.kx.compouchdb.com/­guidesspark.apache.org/­docs/­latest/­sql-programming-guide.html
DeveloperBrytlytFauna, Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcApache Software FoundationApache Software Foundation
Initial release201620142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 200320122014
Current release5.0, August 20233.6, May 20187.1.1, June 20193.5.0 ( 2.13), September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnonono
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Implementation languageC, C++ and CUDAScalaqJavaScriptScala
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
hostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeyesschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesnoyesnoyes
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.yes infospecific XML-type available, but no XML query functionality.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'yes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoSQL-like query language (q)noSQL-like DML and DDL statements
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
HTTP REST infoonly for PouchDB Server
JavaScript API
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
Python
Tcl
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
JavaScriptJava
Python
R
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functions infoin PL/pgSQLuser defined functionsuser defined functionsView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesnoyes infowith viewsyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioningSharding infowith a proxy-based framework, named couchdb-loungeyes, utilizing Spark Core
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
Source-replica replication infoalso with CouchDB databases
none
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDnonono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoby using IndexedDB, WebSQL or LevelDB as backendyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardIdentity management, authentication, and access controlrights management via user accountsnono
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BrytlytFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBKdbPouchDBSpark SQL
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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