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DBMS > EventStoreDB vs. FoundationDB vs. GeoMesa vs. mSQL

System Properties Comparison EventStoreDB vs. FoundationDB vs. GeoMesa vs. mSQL

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NameEventStoreDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonGeoMesa  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionIndustrial-strength, open-source database solution built from the ground up for event sourcing.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.GeoMesa is a distributed spatio-temporal DBMS based on various systems as storage layer.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMS
Primary database modelEvent StoreDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Spatial DBMSRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.19
Rank#173  Overall
#1  Event Stores
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score0.86
Rank#205  Overall
#4  Spatial DBMS
Score1.27
Rank#169  Overall
#76  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.eventstore.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.geomesa.orghughestech.com.au/­products/­msql
Technical documentationdevelopers.eventstore.comapple.github.io/­foundationdbwww.geomesa.org/­documentation/­stable/­user/­index.html
DeveloperEvent Store LimitedFoundationDBCCRi and othersHughes Technologies
Initial release2012201320141994
Current release21.2, February 20216.2.28, November 20205.0.0, May 20244.4, October 2021
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache License 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be provided
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++ScalaC
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingyesyes
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.nono
Secondary indexesnoyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynoA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggers
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlynono
Triggersnonono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingdepending on storage layernone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesdepending on storage layernone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencydepending on storage layernone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.depending on storage layerno
User concepts infoAccess controlnoyes infodepending on the DBMS used for storageno

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