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DBMS > FoundationDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. ScyllaDB vs. Transbase vs. Valentina Server

System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. Percona Server for MongoDB vs. ScyllaDB vs. Transbase vs. Valentina Server

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonPercona Server for MongoDB  Xexclude from comparisonScyllaDB  Xexclude from comparisonTransbase  Xexclude from comparisonValentina Server  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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 drop-in replacement for MongoDB Community Edition with enterprise-grade features.Cassandra and DynamoDB compatible wide column storeA resource-optimized, high-performance, universally applicable RDBMSObject-relational database and reports server
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Document storeWide column storeRelational DBMSRelational DBMS
Secondary database modelsKey-value store
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
Trend Chart
Score1.03
Rank#190  Overall
#31  Document stores
#28  Key-value stores
#89  Relational DBMS
Score0.52
Rank#254  Overall
#39  Document stores
Score4.75
Rank#68  Overall
#5  Wide column stores
Score0.11
Rank#341  Overall
#150  Relational DBMS
Score0.17
Rank#327  Overall
#145  Relational DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbwww.percona.com/­mongodb/­software/­percona-server-for-mongodbwww.scylladb.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase.htmlwww.valentina-db.net
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbdocs.percona.com/­percona-distribution-for-mongodbdocs.scylladb.comwww.transaction.de/­en/­products/­transbase/­features.htmlvalentina-db.com/­docs/­dokuwiki/­v5/­doku.php
DeveloperFoundationDBPerconaScyllaDBTransaction Software GmbHParadigma Software
Initial release20132015201519871999
Current release6.2.28, November 20203.4.10-2.10, November 2017ScyllaDB Open Source 5.4.1, January 2024Transbase 8.3, 20225.7.5
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPL Version 2Open Source infoOpen Source (AGPL), commercial license availablecommercial infofree development licensecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++C++C++C and C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
LinuxLinuxFreeBSD
Linux
macOS
Solaris
Windows
Linux
OS X
Windows
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasschema-freeschema-freeyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingyesyesyesyes
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 indexesnoyesyes infocluster global secondary indicesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynoSQL-like DML and DDL statements (CQL)yesyes
APIs and other access methodsproprietary protocol using JSONProprietary protocol (CQL) infocompatible with CQL (Cassandra Query Language, an SQL-like language)
RESTful HTTP API (DynamoDB compatible)
Thrift
ADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
Proprietary native API
ODBC
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
Actionscript
C
C#
C++
Clojure
ColdFusion
D
Dart
Delphi
Erlang
Go
Groovy
Haskell
Java
JavaScript
Lisp
Lua
MatLab
Perl
PHP
PowerShell
Prolog
Python
R
Ruby
Scala
Smalltalk
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
C#
C++
Java
JavaScript
Kotlin
Objective-C
PHP
Python
.Net
C
C#
C++
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
Visual Basic
Visual Basic.NET
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlyJavaScriptyes, Luayesyes
Triggersnononoyesyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingShardingSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesSource-replica replicationselectable replication factor infoRepresentation of geographical distribution of servers is possibleSource-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnoyesnonono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencyEventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Eventual Consistency
Tunable Consistency infocan be individually decided for each write operation
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynonoyesyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnono infoAtomicity and isolation are supported for single operationsyes
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
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.yes infovia In-Memory Engineyes infoin-memory tablesnoyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnoAccess rights for users and rolesAccess rights for users can be defined per objectfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
FoundationDBPercona Server for MongoDBScyllaDBTransbaseValentina Server
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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