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System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. Hive vs. OpenQM vs. OrigoDB vs. ScyllaDB

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonHive  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonOrigoDB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparison
Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market. As a consequence, the product was removed from the DB-Engines ranking. In April 2018, Apple open-sourced FoundationDB and it therefore reappears in the ranking.
DescriptionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.data warehouse software for querying and managing large distributed datasets, built on HadoopQpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSA fully ACID in-memory object graph databaseCassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column store
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Relational DBMSMultivalue DBMSDocument store
Object oriented DBMS
Wide column store
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.06
Rank#185  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#85  Relational DBMS
Score59.76
Rank#18  Overall
#12  Relational DBMS
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score0.06
Rank#380  Overall
#50  Document stores
#18  Object oriented DBMS
Score4.08
Rank#76  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbhive.apache.orgwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmorigodb.comwww.scylladb.com
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbcwiki.apache.org/­confluence/­display/­Hive/­Homeorigodb.com/­docsdocs.scylladb.com
DeveloperFoundationDBApache Software Foundation infoinitially developed by FacebookRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsRobert Friberg et alScyllaDB
Initial release2013201219932009 infounder the name LiveDB2015
Current release6.2.28, November 20203.1.3, April 20223.4-12ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaC#C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMAIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
Windows
Linux
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyes infowith some exceptionsyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingyesUser defined using .NET types and collectionsyes
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.yesno infocan be achieved using .NETno
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesyes infocluster global secondary indices
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlySQL-like DML and DDL statementsnonoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
.NET Client API
HTTP API
LINQ
Proprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C++
Java
PHP
Python
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.NetFor 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
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlyyes infouser defined functions and integration of map-reduceyesyesyes, Lua
Triggersnonoyesyes infoDomain Eventsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingyeshorizontal partitioning infoclient side managed; servers are not synchronizedSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesselectable replication factoryesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possible
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyes infoquery execution via MapReducenonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencyEventual ConsistencyImmediate ConsistencyEventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynonodepending on modelno
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACIDno infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operations
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes infoWrite ahead logyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes infoin-memory tables
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users, groups and rolesAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelRole based authorizationAccess rights for users can be defined per object
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FoundationDBHiveOpenQM infoalso called QMOrigoDBScyllaDB
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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