FaunaDB
A distributed multi-model database with document and graph capabilities, accessed via its custom Fauna Query Language (FQL). Supported ACID transactions and global distribution. Service was shut down in 2025.
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Community & Business
Active development No updates in 6+ months
Commercial support Paid support available
Live community No community activity data
Open Source Source available but restrictive
Pricing Pricing publicly available
Trendiness Growing or stable trend
Deployment
Containerization Docker image available
Work as dedicated instance Can run as standalone server
Work as embedded Standalone only
Testing in-memory version No in-memory option
Platform
Operating on Linux Linux officially supported
Operating on Windows Not supported
SaaS offering Cloud service available
Operations
Automatic updates Manual updates only
Client side caching No client-side caching
Data versioning support Version control for data
Live backups Hot backup supported
Distribution
Cluster Re-balancing No auto-rebalancing
Data Distribution Data sharding supported
High-Availability HA mechanisms available
Query Distribution Distributed query execution
Replication support Replication available
Developer Experience
Data types defined Basic data types only
Logging/Auditing Event logging supported
Object-Graph Mapper No object mapper
Reactive programming No reactive programming
Documentation up-to-date Docs current with latest version
Binary protocol Text-based protocols only
CLI Command-line interface
GUI No GUI
Data Model
Multi-database Graph-only
Graph-native data Native graph storage
REST API No REST API
Query Language Standard query language (Cypher/Gremlin)
Transactions
Granular locking No granular locking
Multiple isolation levels Read uncommitted only
Read committed transaction Not available
Transaction support ACID transactions
Schema & Security
Constraints Full constraint support
Schema support Schema definition tools
Secondary indexes Secondary indexes supported
Server side procedures Stored procedures supported
Triggers No triggers
Authentication Authentication supported
Authorization Role-based access control
Data encryption No encryption