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System Properties Comparison Fauna vs. FileMaker vs. Machbase Neo vs. YugabyteDB

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NameFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFileMaker  Xexclude from comparisonMachbase Neo infoFormer name was Infiniflux  Xexclude from comparisonYugabyteDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionFauna 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.FileMaker is a cross-platform RDBMS that includes a GUI frontend.TimeSeries DBMS for AIoT and BigDataHigh-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications. Wire and feature compatible with PostgreSQL.
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMSTime Series DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Wide column store
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Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score48.20
Rank#20  Overall
#14  Relational DBMS
Score0.12
Rank#339  Overall
#30  Time Series DBMS
Score2.91
Rank#102  Overall
#51  Relational DBMS
Websitefauna.comwww.claris.com/­filemakermachbase.comwww.yugabyte.com
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comwww.claris.com/­resources/­documentationmachbase.com/­dbmsdocs.yugabyte.com
github.com/­yugabyte/­yugabyte-db
DeveloperFauna, Inc.Claris infoa subsidiary of AppleMachbaseYugabyte Inc.
Initial release2014198320132017
Current release19.4.1, November 2021V8.0, August 20232.19, September 2023
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercial infofree test version availableOpen Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageScalaCC and C++
Server operating systemshostediOS infoclient part only
Linux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesdepending on used data model
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes
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.noyes infoA http query request can return the data in XML formatnono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyes infovia pluginsSQL-like query languageyes, PostgreSQL compatible
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIFilemaker WebDirect
JDBC
ODBC
gRPC
HTTP REST
JDBC
MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport)
ODBC
JDBC
YCQL, an SQL-based flexible-schema API with its roots in Cassandra Query Language
YSQL - a fully relational SQL API that is wire compatible with the SQL language in PostgreSQL
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
PHPC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP infovia ODBC
Python
R infovia ODBC
Scala
C
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyesnoyes infosql, plpgsql, C
Triggersnoyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingnoneShardingHash and Range Sharding, row-level geo-partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication, warm standby infosince Version 14selectable replication factorBased on Raft distributed consensus protocol, minimum 3 replicas for continuous availability
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyStrong consistency on writes and tunable consistency on reads
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoDistributed ACID with Serializable & Snapshot Isolation. Inspired by Google Spanner architecture.
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesnoyes infobased on RocksDB
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infovolatile and lookup tableno
User concepts infoAccess controlIdentity management, authentication, and access controlsimple rights management via user accounts and connection to external directory servicessimple password-based access controlyes
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Fauna infopreviously named FaunaDBFileMakerMachbase Neo infoFormer name was InfinifluxYugabyteDB
Specific characteristicsYugabyteDB is an open source distributed SQL database for cloud native transactional...
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Competitive advantagesPostgreSQL compatible: Get instantly productive with a PostgreSQL compatible RDBMS....
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Typical application scenariosSystems of record and engagement for cloud native applications that require resilience,...
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Market metrics2 Million+ lifetime clusters deployed, 6.5K+ GitHub stars, 7K YugabyteDB Community...
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Licensing and pricing modelsApache 2.0 license for the database
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