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DBMS > EventStoreDB vs. Fauna vs. jBASE vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. ScyllaDB

System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. Fauna vs. jBASE vs. Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics vs. ScyllaDB

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonjBASE  Xexclude from comparisonMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data Warehouse  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.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.A robust multi-value DBMS comprising development tools and middlewareElastic, large scale data warehouse service leveraging the broad eco-system of SQL ServerCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelEvent StoreDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Multivalue DBMSRelational DBMSWide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.29
Rank#174  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score1.63
Rank#155  Overall
#28  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#70  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score1.68
Rank#151  Overall
#3  Multivalue DBMS
Score23.95
Rank#30  Overall
#18  Relational DBMS
Score5.69
Rank#67  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitewww.eventstore.comfauna.comwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-jbaseazure.microsoft.com/­services/­synapse-analyticswww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comdocs.fauna.comdocs.rocketsoftware.com/­bundle?labelkey=jbase_5.9docs.microsoft.com/­azure/­synapse-analyticsdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedFauna, Inc.Rocket Software (formerly Zumasys)MicrosoftScyllaDB
Initial release20122014199120162015
Current release21.2, February 20215.7ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourcecommercialcommercialcommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenoyesnoyesno
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Implementation languageScalaC++C++
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
hostedAIX
Linux
Windows
hostedLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenooptionalyesyes
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.noyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoEmbedded SQL for jBASE in BASICyesSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIJDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol
RESTful HTTP API
SOAP-based API
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
Basic
Jabbascript
Java
C#
Java
PHP
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 proceduresuser defined functionsyesTransact SQLyes, Lua
Triggersnoyesnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingShardingSharding, horizontal partitioningSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesyesselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnono infodocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­azure/­synapse-analytics/­sql-data-warehouse/­sql-data-warehouse-table-constraintsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlIdentity management, authentication, and access controlAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelyesAccess rights for users can be defined per object
More information provided by the system vendor
EventStoreDBFauna infopreviously named FaunaDBjBASEMicrosoft Azure Synapse Analytics infopreviously named Azure SQL Data WarehouseScyllaDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB 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 metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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