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System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. mSQL vs. SQL.JS vs. STSdb vs. TerminusDB

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonmSQL infoMini SQL  Xexclude from comparisonSQL.JS  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.
DescriptionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.mSQL (Mini SQL) is a simple and lightweight RDBMSPort of SQLite to JavaScriptKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodScalable 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
Relational DBMSRelational DBMSKey-value storeGraph DBMS
Secondary database modelsDocument store
RDF 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
Score1.27
Rank#167  Overall
#77  Relational DBMS
Score0.53
Rank#252  Overall
#116  Relational DBMS
Score0.04
Rank#360  Overall
#52  Key-value stores
Score0.17
Rank#325  Overall
#29  Graph DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbhughestech.com.au/­products/­msqlsql.js.orggithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4terminusdb.com
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdbsql.js.org/­documentation/­index.htmlterminusdb.github.io/­terminusdb/­#
DeveloperFoundationDBHughes TechnologiesAlon Zakai infoenhancements implemented by othersSTS Soft SCDataChemist Ltd.
Initial release20131994201220112018
Current release6.2.28, November 20204.4, October 20214.0.8, September 201511.0.0, January 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0commercial infofree licenses can be providedOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availableOpen Source infoGPL V3
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageC++CJavaScriptC#Prolog, Rust
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
OS X
Solaris SPARC/x86
Windows
server-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)WindowsLinux
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesyesyesyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingyesyesyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yes
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 indexesnoyesno
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlyA subset of ANSI SQL is implemented infono subqueries, aggregate functions, views, foreign keys, triggersyes infoSQL-92 is not fully supportednoSQL-like query language (WOQL)
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
JavaScript API.NET Client APIOWL
RESTful HTTP API
WOQL (Web Object Query Language)
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C
C++
Delphi
Java
Perl
PHP
Tcl
JavaScriptC#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlynononoyes
Triggersnonononoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnonenonenoneGraph Partitioning
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnonenonenoneJournaling Streams
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencynonenone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynoyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDnoACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesnoyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesno infoexcept by serializing a db to a fileyesyes infoin-memory journaling
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonononoRole-based access control

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