DB-EnginesExtremeDB: the mission critical dbmsEnglish
Deutsch
Knowledge Base of Relational and NoSQL Database Management Systemsprovided by solid IT

DBMS > Fauna vs. FoundationDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

System Properties Comparison Fauna vs. FoundationDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB

Please select another system to include it in the comparison.

Editorial information provided by DB-Engines
NameFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonOracle Berkeley DB  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.
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.Ordered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Widely used in-process key-value store
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Document store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value store infosupports sorted and unsorted key sets
Native XML DBMS infoin the Oracle Berkeley DB XML version
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.80
Rank#165  Overall
#27  Document stores
#13  Graph DBMS
#78  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score1.65
Rank#173  Overall
#29  Document stores
#29  Key-value stores
#82  Relational DBMS
Score3.82
Rank#100  Overall
#17  Key-value stores
#3  Native XML DBMS
Websitefauna.comgithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.oracle.com/­technetwork/­database/­database-technologies/­berkeleydb/­overview/­index.html
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.oracle.com/­cd/­E17076_05/­html/­index.html
DeveloperFauna, Inc.FoundationDBOracle infooriginally developed by Sleepycat, which was acquired by Oracle
Initial release201420131994
Current release6.2.28, November 202018.1.40, May 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infocommercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnono
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

Providers of DBaaS offerings, please contact us to be listed.
Implementation languageScalaC++C, Java, C++ (depending on the Berkeley DB edition)
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
Android
FreeBSD
iOS
Linux
OS X
Solaris
VxWorks
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenono infosome layers support typingno
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 infoonly with the Berkeley DB XML edition
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnosupported in specific SQL layer onlyyes infoSQL interfaced based on SQLite is available
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net infoFigaro is a .Net framework assembly that extends Berkeley DB XML into an embeddable database engine for .NET
others infoThird-party libraries to manipulate Berkeley DB files are available for many languages
C
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript (Node.js) info3rd party binding
Perl
Python
Tcl
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsin SQL-layer onlyno
Triggersnonoyes infoonly for the SQL API
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyLinearizable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesin SQL-layer onlyno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes
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.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlIdentity management, authentication, and access controlnono

More information provided by the system vendor

We invite representatives of system vendors to contact us for updating and extending the system information,
and for displaying vendor-provided information such as key customers, competitive advantages and market metrics.

Related products and services

We invite representatives of vendors of related products to contact us for presenting information about their offerings here.

More resources
Fauna infopreviously named FaunaDBFoundationDBOracle Berkeley DB
Recent citations in the news

Major ocean database that will guide deep-sea mining has flaws ...
25 May 2023, Nature.com

Fauna adds observability features to its serverless cloud database
15 February 2023, SiliconANGLE News

Fauna Launches Virtual Private Offering of its Serverless Database ...
17 November 2022, GlobeNewswire

Fauna Launches Serverless Database in AWS Marketplace
21 March 2023, Business Wire

Flora diversity survey and establishment of a plant DNA barcode ...
19 May 2023, Nature.com

provided by Google News

Deno 1.33 debuts built-in key-value database
2 May 2023, InfoWorld

Tigris Data Unveils Beta Launch of New Vector Search Tool
19 May 2023, Datanami

Apple Acquires Durable Database Company FoundationDB
24 March 2015, TechCrunch

IBM Cloudant pulls plan to fund new foundational layer for CouchDB
15 March 2022, The Register

Apple Open Sources FoundationDB
19 April 2018, MacRumors

provided by Google News

Compare BangDB vs. Oracle Berkeley DB in 2023
30 May 2023, Slashdot

Oracle Berkeley DB
13 January 2023, oracle.com

Microsoft Access vs Oracle Berkeley DB: Database Comparison
15 May 2023, 6Sense

Berkeley-db-1.xx keeps reporting errors when compiling · micropython · Discussion #10658
4 February 2023, github.com

Berkeley DB (BDB) is a software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for key-value data. It is a ...
29 January 2023, tea.xyz

provided by Google News

Job opportunities

Interpretive Student Aide II
East Bay Regional Park District, East Bay, CA

782343 - Natural Resources Scientist
Geosyntec Consultants, Mount Pleasant, SC

Junior to Mid-level Environmental Scientist
Tetra Tech, Jacksonville, FL

815055 - Early - Career Natural Resources Scientist
Geosyntec Consultants, Austin, TX

Environmental Protection Seasonal Resource Assistant (Office Assistant)
State of Connecticut - Department of Energy & Environmental Protection, Hartford, CT

jobs by Indeed



Share this page

Featured Products

Redis logo

The world’s most loved real‑time data platform.
Try free

Cassandra Forward online event

Want to level up your Cassandra game?
If you missed the event or would like to re-watch a session, replays are available now. Watch now!

AllegroGraph logo

Graph Database Leader for AI Knowledge Graph Applications - The Most Secure Graph Database Available.
Free Download

Neo4j logo

See for yourself how a graph database can make your life easier.
Use Neo4j online for free.

MariaDB logo

SkySQL, the ultimate
MariaDB cloud, is here.

Get started with SkySQL today!

Present your product here