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DBMS > Fauna vs. Memgraph vs. Rockset

System Properties Comparison Fauna vs. Memgraph vs. Rockset

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NameFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonMemgraph  Xexclude from comparisonRockset  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 graph database built for real-time streaming and compatible with Neo4jA scalable, reliable search and analytics service in the cloud, built on RocksDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Graph DBMSDocument store
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
Search engine
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score1.45
Rank#144  Overall
#25  Document stores
#13  Graph DBMS
#65  Relational DBMS
#14  Time Series DBMS
Score2.54
Rank#98  Overall
#8  Graph DBMS
Score0.88
Rank#200  Overall
#34  Document stores
Websitefauna.commemgraph.comrockset.com
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.commemgraph.com/­docsdocs.rockset.com
DeveloperFauna, Inc.Memgraph LtdRockset
Initial release201420172019
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoBSL 1.1; commercial license for enterprise edition availablecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnoyes
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Implementation languageScalaC and C++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxhosted
Data schemeschema-freeschema-free and schema-optionalschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesdynamic typing
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.nonono infoingestion from XML files supported
Secondary indexesyesall fields are automatically indexed
SQL infoSupport of SQLnonoRead-only SQL queries, including JOINs
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIBolt protocol
Cypher query language
HTTP REST
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
.Net
C
C++
Elixir
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsno
Triggersnono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingSharding infodynamic graph partitioningAutomatic sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationMulti-source replication using RAFTyes
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesyes inforelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infowith snapshot isolationno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyes, multi-version concurrency control (MVCC)yes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infowith periodic snapshot and write-ahead logging (WAL) of changesyes
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 controlUsers, roles and permissionsAccess rights for users and organizations can be defined via Rockset console

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