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System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. OpenQM vs. RavenDB vs. SpatiaLite vs. TinkerGraph

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonOpenQM infoalso called QM  Xexclude from comparisonRavenDB  Xexclude from comparisonSpatiaLite  Xexclude from comparisonTinkerGraph  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.QpenQM is a high-performance, self-tuning, multi-value DBMSOpen Source Operational and Transactional Enterprise NoSQL Document DatabaseSpatial extension of SQLiteA lightweight, in-memory graph engine that serves as a reference implementation of the TinkerPop3 API
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Multivalue DBMSDocument storeSpatial DBMSGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsGraph DBMS
Spatial DBMS
Time Series DBMS
Relational DBMS
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
Score0.34
Rank#284  Overall
#10  Multivalue DBMS
Score2.84
Rank#101  Overall
#18  Document stores
Score1.63
Rank#146  Overall
#3  Spatial DBMS
Score0.13
Rank#345  Overall
#35  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.rocketsoftware.com/­products/­rocket-multivalue-application-development-platform/­rocket-open-qmravendb.netwww.gaia-gis.it/­fossil/­libspatialite/­indextinkerpop.apache.org/­docs/­current/­reference/­#tinkergraph-gremlin
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbravendb.net/­docswww.gaia-gis.it/­gaia-sins/­spatialite_topics.html
DeveloperFoundationDBRocket Software, originally Martin PhillipsHibernating RhinosAlessandro Furieri
Initial release20131993201020082009
Current release6.2.28, November 20203.4-125.4, July 20225.0.0, August 2020
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, extended commercial license availableOpen Source infoAGPL version 3, commercial license availableOpen Source infoMPL 1.1, GPL v2.0 or LGPL v2.1Open Source infoApache 2.0
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C#C++Java
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
FreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Solaris
Windows
Linux
macOS
Raspberry Pi
Windows
server-less
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyes infowith some exceptionsschema-freeyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingnoyesyes
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.yesnono
Secondary indexesnoyesyesyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynoSQL-like query language (RQL)yesno
APIs and other access methods.NET Client API
F# Client API
Go Client API
Java Client API
NodeJS Client API
PHP Client API
Python Client API
RESTful HTTP API
TinkerPop 3
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
.Net
Basic
C
Java
Objective C
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
F#
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
PHP
Python
Ruby
Groovy
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlyyesyesnono
Triggersnoyesyesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingyesShardingnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesyesMulti-source replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesnono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencyImmediate ConsistencyDefault ACID transactions on the local node (eventually consistent across the cluster). Atomic operations with cluster-wide ACID transactions. Eventual consistency for indexes and full-text search indexes.none
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynonoyesyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDACIDACID, Cluster-wide transaction availableACIDno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyesno
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesoptional
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights can be defined down to the item levelAuthorization levels configured per client per databasenono

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