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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.

Details

Vendor
Fauna Inc
Type
Multiple
Category
Emerging
Status
Deprecated — Service shut down in 2025.
License
-
Query Languages
FQL, GraphQL

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Feature Scores

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