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DBMS > EJDB vs. Fauna vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OrigoDB vs. Vitess

System Properties Comparison EJDB vs. Fauna vs. Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs. OrigoDB vs. Vitess

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NameEJDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure SQL Database infoformerly SQL Azure  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonVitess  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.Database as a Service offering with high compatibility to Microsoft SQL ServerA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseScalable, distributed, cloud-native DBMS, extending MySQL
Primary database modelDocument storeDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Relational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Graph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Document store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score0.31
Rank#296  Overall
#44  Document stores
Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score76.78
Rank#16  Overall
#11  Relational DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#203  Overall
#95  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdbfauna.comazure.microsoft.com/­en-us/­products/­azure-sql/­databaseorigodb.comvitess.io
Technical documentationgithub.com/­Softmotions/­ejdb/­blob/­master/­README.mddocs.fauna.comdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­azure-sqlorigodb.com/­docsvitess.io/­docs
DeveloperSoftmotionsFauna, Inc.MicrosoftRobert Friberg et alThe Linux Foundation, PlanetScale
Initial release2012201420102009 infounder the name LiveDB2013
Current releaseV1215.0.2, December 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2commercialcommercialOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0, commercial licenses available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesyesnono
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Implementation languageCScalaC++C#Go
Server operating systemsserver-lesshostedhostedLinux
Windows
Docker
Linux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes infostring, integer, double, bool, date, object_idnoyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.noyesno infocan be achieved using .NET
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoyesnoyes infowith proprietary extensions
APIs and other access methodsin-process shared libraryRESTful HTTP APIADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
ADO.NET
JDBC
MySQL protocol
ODBC
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#
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
.NetAda
C
C#
C++
D
Delphi
Eiffel
Erlang
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Objective-C
OCaml
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scheme
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnouser defined functionsTransact SQLyesyes infoproprietary syntax
Triggersnonoyesyes infoDomain Eventsyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnonehorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneMulti-source replicationyes, with always 3 replicas availableSource-replica replicationMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency across shards
Immediate Consistency within a shard
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityno infotypically not needed, however similar functionality with collection joins possibleyesyesdepending on modelyes infonot for MyISAM storage engine
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datanoACIDACIDACIDACID at shard level
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes infoRead/Write Lockingyesyesyesyes infotable locks or row locks depending on storage engine
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoIdentity management, authentication, and access controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based authorizationUsers with fine-grained authorization concept infono user groups or roles

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