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DBMS > FoundationDB vs. STSdb vs. TempoIQ vs. Transwarp Hippo

System Properties Comparison FoundationDB vs. STSdb vs. TempoIQ vs. Transwarp Hippo

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NameFoundationDB  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparisonTempoIQ infoformerly TempoDB  Xexclude from comparisonTranswarp Hippo  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Created as commercial project in 2013, FoundationDB has been acquired by Apple in March 2015 and was withdrawn from the market.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.TempoIQ seems to be decommissioned. It will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionOrdered key-value store. Core features are complimented by layers.Key-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing methodScalable analytics DBMS for sensor data, provided as a service (SaaS)Cloud-native distributed Vector DBMS that supports storage, retrieval, and management of massive vector-based datasets
Primary database modelDocument store infosupported via specific layer
Key-value store
Relational DBMS infosupported via specific SQL-layer
Key-value storeTime Series DBMSVector 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
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Score0.05
Rank#386  Overall
#16  Vector DBMS
Websitegithub.com/­apple/­foundationdbgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4tempoiq.com (offline)www.transwarp.cn/­en/­subproduct/­hippo
Technical documentationapple.github.io/­foundationdb
DeveloperFoundationDBSTS Soft SCTempoIQ
Initial release2013201120122023
Current release6.2.28, November 20204.0.8, September 20151.0, May 2023
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache 2.0Open Source infoGPLv2, commercial license availablecommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageC++C#C++
Server operating systemsLinux
OS X
Windows
WindowsLinux
macOS
Data schemeschema-free infosome layers support schemasyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateno infosome layers support typingyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)yesVector, Numeric and String
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.nono
Secondary indexesnonono
SQL infoSupport of SQLsupported in specific SQL layer onlynonono
APIs and other access methods.NET Client APIHTTP APIRESTful HTTP API
Supported programming languages.Net
C
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
PHP
Python
Ruby
Swift
C#
Java
C#
Java
JavaScript infoNode.js
Python
Ruby
C++
Java
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresin SQL-layer onlynonono
Triggersnonoyes infoRealtime Alertsno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesShardingnoneSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyesnone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemLinearizable consistencyImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityin SQL-layer onlynonono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnonono
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
User concepts infoAccess controlnonosimple authentication-based access controlRole based access control and fine grained access rights

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