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System Properties Comparison Fauna vs. Kdb vs. STSdb vs. SwayDB vs. Valentina Server

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NameFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonKdb  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonSwayDB  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  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.High performance Time Series DBMSKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodAn embeddable, non-blocking, type-safe key-value store for single or multiple disks and in-memory storageObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Vector DBMS
Key-value storeKey-value storeRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.55
Rank#151  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score7.71
Rank#49  Overall
#2  Time Series DBMS
#1  Vector DBMS
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score0.04
Rank#387  Overall
#61  Key-value stores
Score0.21
Rank#325  Overall
#144  Relational DBMS
Websitefauna.comkx.comgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4swaydb.simer.auwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comcode.kx.comvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperFauna, Inc.Kx Systems, a division of First Derivatives plcSTS Soft SCSimer PlahaParadigma Software
Initial release20142000 infokdb was released 2000, kdb+ in 2003201120181999
Current release3.6, May 20184.0.8, September 20155.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercial infofree 32-bit versionOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGNU Affero GPL V3.0commercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageScalaqC#Scala
Server operating systemshostedLinux
OS X
Solaris
Windows
WindowsLinux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-freeyesyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)noyes
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.noyesno
Secondary indexesyesyes infotable attribute 'grouped'nonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like query language (q)nonoyes
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP API
JDBC
Jupyter
Kafka
ODBC
WebSocket
.NET Client APIODBC
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
C
C#
C++
Go
J
Java
JavaScript
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Scala
C#
Java
Java
Kotlin
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsuser defined functionsnonoyes
Triggersnoyes infowith viewsnonoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioningnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnono infosimilar paradigm used for internal processingnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyesnonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonoAtomic execution of operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlIdentity management, authentication, and access controlrights management via user accountsnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
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Fauna infopreviously named FaunaDBKdbSTSdbSwayDBValentina Server
Specific characteristicsIntegrated columnar database & programming system for streaming, real time and historical...
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Competitive advantagesprovides seamless scalability; runs on industry standard server platforms; is top-ranked...
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Typical application scenariostick database streaming sensor data massive intelligence applications oil and gas...
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Key customersGoldman Sachs Morgan Stanley Merrill Lynch J.P. Morgan Deutsche Bank IEX Securities...
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Market metricskdb+ performance and reliability proven by our customers in critical infrastructure...
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Licensing and pricing modelsupon request
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