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DBMS > EJDB vs. Fauna vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. IBM Cloudant vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. Fauna vs. Fujitsu Enterprise Postgres vs. IBM Cloudant vs. ScyllaDB

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFujitsu Enterprise Postgres  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionEmbeddable document-store database library with JSON representation of queries (in MongoDB style)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.Enterprise-grade PostgreSQL-based DBMS with security enhancements such as Transparent Data Encryption and Data Masking, plus high-availability and performance improvement features.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument storeWide column store
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
Key-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.27
Rank#297  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.31
Rank#285  Overall
#129  Relational DBMS
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbfauna.comwww.postgresql.fastware.comwww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.fauna.comwww.postgresql.fastware.com/­product-manualscloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperSoftmotionsFauna, Inc.PostgreSQL Global Development Group, Fujitsu Australia Software TechnologyIBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014ScyllaDB
Initial release2012201420102015
Current releaseFujitsu Enterprise Postgres 14, January 2022ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageCScalaCErlangC++
Server operating systemsserver-lesshostedLinux
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idnoyesnoyes
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 indexesnoyesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
native C library
ODBC
streaming API for large objects
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesActionscript
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lua
Objective-C
Pike
Python
Ruby
C#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Delphi
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Tcl
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsuser defined functionsView functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyes, Lua
Triggersnonoyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingpartitioning by range, list and by hashShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
selectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesyesnono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDno infoatomic operations within a document possibleno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes infoOptimistic lockingyes
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 infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseAccess rights for users can be defined per object
More information provided by the system vendor
EJDBFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBFujitsu Enterprise PostgresIBM CloudantScyllaDB
Specific characteristics100% compatible with community PostgreSQL
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ScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesBuilt-in TDE and Data Masking security. In-Memory Columnar Index, and a high speed...
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Highly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosTransactional payments applications, reporting and mixed workloads.
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ScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsOver 30 years experience in database technology. Over 20 years in Postgres development...
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ScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsCore based licensing
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ScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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