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DBMS > Fauna vs. QuestDB vs. TigerGraph vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison Fauna vs. QuestDB vs. TigerGraph vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonQuestDB  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  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.A high performance open source SQL database for time series dataA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-timeCloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMSVector DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
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Score1.52
Rank#153  Overall
#26  Document stores
#14  Graph DBMS
#71  Relational DBMS
#13  Time Series DBMS
Score2.52
Rank#109  Overall
#9  Time Series DBMS
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#13  Vector DBMS
Websitefauna.comquestdb.iowww.tigergraph.comwww.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comquestdb.io/­docsdocs.tigergraph.com
DeveloperFauna, Inc.QuestDB Technology Inc
Initial release2014201420172023
Current release1.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnonono
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Implementation languageScalaJava (Zero-GC), C++, RustC++C++
Server operating systemshostedLinux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-freeyes infoschema-free via InfluxDB Line Protocolyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesVector, Numeric and String
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 indexesyesnono
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL with time-series extensionsSQL-like query language (GSQL)no
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIHTTP REST
InfluxDB Line Protocol (TCP/UDP)
JDBC
PostgreSQL wire protocol
GSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
RESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
C infoPostgreSQL driver
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Rust infoover HTTP
C++
Java
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsnoyesno
Triggersnononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashinghorizontal partitioning (by timestamps)Sharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationSource-replica replication with eventual consistency
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes infoRelationships in graphsno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID for single-table writesACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes infothrough memory mapped filesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlIdentity management, authentication, and access controlRole-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rights
More information provided by the system vendor
Fauna infopreviously named FaunaDBQuestDBTigerGraphTranswarp Hippo
Specific characteristicsRelational model with native time series support Column-based storage and time partitioned...
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Competitive advantagesHigh ingestion throughput: peak of 4M rows/sec (TSBS Benchmark) Code optimizations...
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Typical application scenariosFinancial tick data Industrial IoT Application Metrics Monitoring
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Key customersBanks & Hedge funds, Yahoo, OKX, Airbus, Aquis Exchange, Net App, Cloudera, Airtel,...
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Licensing and pricing modelsOpen source Apache 2.0 QuestDB Enterprise QuestDB Cloud
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