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System Properties Comparison Fauna vs. ScyllaDB vs. searchxml vs. SiriDB vs. TerarkDB

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NameFauna infopreviously named FaunaDB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonsearchxml  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerarkDB  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.Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeDBMS for structured and unstructured content wrapped with an application serverOpen Source Time Series DBMSA key-value store forked from RocksDB with advanced compression algorithms. It can be used standalone or as a storage engine for MySQL and MongoDB
Primary database modelDocument store
Graph DBMS
Relational DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Wide column storeNative XML DBMS
Search engine
Time Series DBMSKey-value store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
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
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#7  Native XML DBMS
#25  Search engines
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#41  Time Series DBMS
Score0.00
Rank#383  Overall
#60  Key-value stores
Websitefauna.comwww.scylladb.comwww.searchxml.net/­category/­productssiridb.comgithub.com/­bytedance/­terarkdb
Technical documentationdocs.fauna.comdocs.scylladb.comwww.searchxml.net/­support/­handoutsdocs.siridb.combytedance.larkoffice.com/­docs/­doccnZmYFqHBm06BbvYgjsHHcKc
DeveloperFauna, Inc.ScyllaDBinformationpartners gmbhCesbitByteDance, originally Terark
Initial release20142015201520172016
Current releaseScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 20241.0
License infoCommercial or Open SourcecommercialOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercialOpen Source infoMIT Licensecommercial inforestricted open source version available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyesnononono
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Implementation languageScalaC++C++CC++
Server operating systemshostedLinuxWindowsLinux
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesyes infoNumeric datano
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.nonoyesnono
Secondary indexesyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLnoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)nonono
APIs and other access methodsRESTful HTTP APIProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
RESTful HTTP API
WebDAV
XQuery
XSLT
HTTP APIC++ API
Java API
Supported programming languagesC#
Go
Java
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
Scala
Swift
For CQL interface: C#, C++, Clojure, Erlang, Go, Haskell, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, Scala
For DynamoDB interface: .Net, ColdFusion, Erlang, Groovy, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
C++ infomost other programming languages supported via APIsC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresuser defined functionsyes, Luayes infoon the application servernono
Triggersnonononono
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodeshorizontal partitioning infoconsistent hashingShardingnoneShardingnone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleyes infosychronisation to multiple collectionsyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsmultiple readers, single writernono
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
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.noyes infoin-memory tablesnoyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlIdentity management, authentication, and access controlAccess rights for users can be defined per objectDomain, group and role-based access control at the document level and for application servicessimple rights management via user accountsno
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Fauna infopreviously named FaunaDBScyllaDBsearchxmlSiriDBTerarkDB
Specific characteristicsScyllaDB is engineered to deliver predictable performance at scale. It’s adopted...
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Competitive advantagesHighly-performant (efficiently utilizes full resources of a node and network; millions...
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Typical application scenariosScyllaDB is ideal for applications that require high throughput and low latency at...
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Key customersDiscord, Epic Games, Expedia, Zillow, Comcast, Disney+ Hotstar, Samsung, ShareChat,...
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Market metricsScyllaDB typically offers ~75% total cost of ownership savings, with ~5X higher throughput...
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Licensing and pricing modelsScyllaDB Open Source - free open source software (AGPL) ScyllaDB Enterprise - subscription-based...
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