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Serverless Database features
Compare the features of the Serverless Database to help you choose the right one for your needs.
Feature |  FaunaDB |  Firebase Realtime |  PlanetScale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Infrastructure, Underlying technology Cloud Infrastructure, database system and underlying egine | Calvin protocol, native globally-distributed system | Nodejs, Google Cloud, Scala | MySQL, Vitess, GCP, AWS | |
Serverless Support Serverless and Edge computing support | ||||
API | JavaScript package for serverless environment | REST API | uses HTTP connection, JavaScript Driver | |
Edge Functions Serverless functions that run closer to the user, reducing latency and improving performance. | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | Cloud functions | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Netlify Edge Functions | |
Developer Experience | ||||
Database type | OLTP | OLTP, OLAP | OLTP | |
Data model Databases store data in models, such as Relational, Columnar or Document based | Document-relational, NoSQL | Document based, NoSQL | Relational, SQL | |
CLI Command Line Interface tools that allow developers to perform tasks and manage the tool via the command line. | fuana-shell | Firebase CLI | pscale | |
Languages, APIs The languages supporting the database and API interface for inter-process communication | JavaScript, Python, Java, Go, and Scala, GraphQL API | JavaScript, Swift, Kotlin, Java, C++, Objective-C | Any package/driver supporting MySQL, Prisma, Node.js, Go, Django, C# | |
Query language Supported query language such as SQL, MQL, PartiQL, | FQL, GraphQL | JSON | SQL, MySQL variation | |
ACID compliant ACID is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps | Guaranteeing ACID transactions in a globally distributed database | ACID compliant | ||
Self-hosting Support for self-hosted Database instance | Only Enterprise Plan members, AWS, GCP | Doesn't have support | Only Enterprise Plan members, AWS, GCP | |
Backups | Daily snapshots. Can be scheduled by user. | Daily basis (Included in Free tier), Scheduled backups ($0.023 per GB per month) | ||
Security & Compliance Offerings | ||||
SOC2 Service Organization Control 2 compliance for managing customer data. | Apart from App indexing | |||
Multi-factor authentication Support of the cloud-histed database for multi-factor authentication | ||||
Encryption Cryptographic security at rest and on transportation level | TLS | HTTPS, TLS | AES Encription, TLS v1.3 | |
SSO | SAML-based SSO solution | |||
Monitoring and analytics | ||||
Log retention Query log retention usually keeps lofs of operations for debugging and replication purposes | Document level history 30 days retention | Document level history 30 days retention | Based on plan, Unlimited for Enterprise | |
Statistics Tools and APIs for analysing and monitoring of Database performance | Web based dashboard | Web based monitoring tools | Web based dashboard, read/write ratio | |
Scalability | ||||
Replication and Partitioning | Region Groups, available in EU and US. Regional isolated replicas (GDPR compliant) | Region groups | Database can be deployed on AWS, GCP supported regions (GDPR compliant) | |