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System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. InfinityDB vs. InfluxDB vs. OrientDB

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfinityDB  Xexclude from comparisonInfluxDB  Xexclude from comparisonOrientDB  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.A Java embedded Key-Value Store which extends the Java Map interfaceDBMS for storing time series, events and metricsMulti-model DBMS (Document, Graph, Key/Value)
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value storeTime Series DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Key-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS infowith GEO package
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
Score0.08
Rank#365  Overall
#55  Key-value stores
Score24.39
Rank#28  Overall
#1  Time Series DBMS
Score3.25
Rank#89  Overall
#16  Document stores
#6  Graph DBMS
#13  Key-value stores
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbboilerbay.comwww.influxdata.com/­products/­influxdb-overvieworientdb.org
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbboilerbay.com/­infinitydb/­manualdocs.influxdata.com/­influxdbwww.orientdb.com/­docs/­last/­index.html
DeveloperFoundationDBBoiler Bay Inc.OrientDB LTD; CallidusCloud; SAP
Initial release2013200220132010
Current release6.2.28, November 20204.02.7.6, April 20243.2.29, March 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercialOpen Source infoMIT-License; commercial enterprise version availableOpen Source infoApache version 2
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++JavaGoJava
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
All OS with a Java VMLinux
OS X infothrough Homebrew
All OS with a Java JDK (>= JDK 6)
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyes infonested virtual Java Maps, multi-value, logical ‘tuple space’ runtime Schema upgradeschema-freeschema-free infoSchema can be enforced for whole record ("schema-full") or for some fields only ("schema-hybrid")
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingyes infoall Java primitives, Date, CLOB, BLOB, huge sparse arraysNumeric data and Stringsyes
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
Secondary indexesnono infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynoSQL-like query languageSQL-like query language, no joins
APIs and other access methodsAccess via java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentNavigableMap Interface
Proprietary API to InfinityDB ItemSpace (boilerbay.com/­docs/­ItemSpaceDataStructures.htm)
HTTP API
JSON over UDP
Tinkerpop technology stack with Blueprints, Gremlin, Pipes
Java API
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Java.Net
Clojure
Erlang
Go
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
Lisp
Perl
PHP
Python
R
Ruby
Rust
Scala
.Net
C
C#
C++
Clojure
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Scala
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlynonoJava, Javascript
TriggersnononoHooks
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding infoin enterprise version onlySharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneselectable replication factor infoin enterprise version onlyMulti-source replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono infocould be achieved with distributed queries
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency infoREAD-COMMITTED or SERIALIZED
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlyno infomanual creation possible, using inversions based on multi-value capabilitynoyes inforelationship in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACID infoOptimistic locking for transactions; no isolation for bulk loadsnoACID
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 infoDepending on used storage engine
User concepts infoAccess controlnonosimple rights management via user accountsAccess rights for users and roles; record level security configurable
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