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DBMS > FoundationDB vs. JSqlDb vs. SiriDB vs. TerminusDB

System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. JSqlDb vs. SiriDB vs. TerminusDB

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonJSqlDb  Xexclude from comparisonSiriDB  Xexclude from comparisonTerminusDB infoformer name was DataChemist  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.JSqlDB seems to be discontinued. Therefore it is excluded from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.JavaScript Query Language Database, stores JavaScript objects and primitivesOpen Source Time Series DBMSScalable Graph Database platform making enterprise data available by exploiting inferred entities and relationships
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document store
Object oriented DBMS
Time Series DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF 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
Score0.07
Rank#378  Overall
#42  Time Series DBMS
Score0.23
Rank#316  Overall
#27  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbjsqldb.org (offline)siridb.comterminusdb.com
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.siridb.comterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperFoundationDBKonrad von BackstromCesbitDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release2013201820172018
Current release6.2.28, November 20200.8, December 201811.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT LicenseOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC++CProlog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
Linux
macOS
Windows
LinuxLinux
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingnoyes infoNumeric datayes
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 indexesnonoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynonoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsHTTP APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
JavaScriptC
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
R
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlyfunctions in JavaScriptnoyes
Triggersnononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneShardingGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnoneyesJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynonoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyes infousing RocksDByesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlnosimple rights management via user accountsRole-based access control

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