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System Properties Comparison Fauna vs. GreptimeDB vs. HarperDB vs. openGauss

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NameFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonGreptimeDB  Xexclude from comparisonHarperDB  Xexclude from comparisonopenGauss  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.An open source Time Series DBMS built for increased scalability, high performance and efficiencyUltra-low latency distributed database with an intuitive REST API supporting NoSQL and SQL (including joins). Deployment of functions and databases simultaneously with a consolidated node-level architecture.An enterprise-class RDBMS compatible with high-performance, high-availability and high-performance originally developed by Huawei
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSDocument storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
Spatial DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#352  Overall
#33  Time Series DBMS
Score0.55
Rank#248  Overall
#38  Document stores
Score1.08
Rank#183  Overall
#84  Relational DBMS
Websitefauna.comgreptime.comwww.harperdb.iogitee.com/­opengauss
opengauss.org
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comdocs.greptime.comdocs.harperdb.io/­docsdocs.opengauss.org/­en
gitee.com/­opengauss/­docs
DeveloperFauna, Inc.Greptime Inc.HarperDBHuawei and openGauss community
Initial release2014202220172019
Current release3.1, August 20213.0, March 2022
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0commercial infofree community edition availableOpen Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageScalaRustNode.jsC, C++, Java
Server operating systemshostedAndroid
Docker
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Windows
Linux
OS X
Linux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free, schema definition possibledynamic schemayes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoJSON data typesyes
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.nononono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoyesSQL-like data manipulation statementsANSI SQL 2011
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIgRPC
HTTP API
JDBC
JDBC
ODBC
React Hooks
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
WebSocket
JDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
C++
Erlang
Go
Java
JavaScript
.Net
C
C#
C++
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
MatLab
Objective C
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
Swift
C
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsPythonCustom Functions infosince release 3.1yes
Triggersnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingShardingA table resides as a whole on one (or more) nodes in a clusterhorizontal partitioning (by range, list and hash)
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyes infothe nodes on which a table resides can be definedSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyes, using LMDByes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlIdentity management, authentication, and access controlSimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users, groups and roles according to SQL-standard
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Fauna infopreviously named FaunaDBGreptimeDBHarperDBopenGauss
Specific characteristicsGreptimeDB is a SQL & Python-enabled timeseries database system built from scratch...
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Competitive advantages- Inherits advantages of Rust, such as excellent performance, memory safe, resource...
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Typical application scenariosFor IoT industries, GreptimeDB can seamless integrate with message queues and other...
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Key customersGreptime's clients span multiple sectors including IoT, connected vehicles, and energy...
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Market metricsGreptimeDB has garnered global recognition by topping GitHub trends following its...
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Licensing and pricing modelsGreptimeDB: open source, distributed, cloud-native TSDB; supports Hybrid Time-series...
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