Databasecommercial
Fauna
Distributed document-relational database with native GraphQL and strong consistency
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Scalability
very high
Performance
high
Learning Curve
moderate
Maturity
stable
Languages: Scala, Java
Architecture: distributed, document-relational, serverless
When to Use
- +Serverless architecture
- +Global distribution needed
- +GraphQL-first
When Not to Use
- -Cost-sensitive
- -Self-hosting required
- -Simple SQL preferred
Strengths
- Global distribution
- ACID transactions
- Native GraphQL
- Zero ops
Weaknesses
- Vendor lock-in
- Pricing complexity
- FQL learning curve
Operations
Maintenance
low
Monitoring
low
Backup/Recovery
simple
Hosting: cloud
Quick Facts
- Category
- Database
- License
- commercial
- Pricing
- usage based (free tier)
- Community
- medium
- Docs Quality
- excellent
- Trend
- stable
- Vendor Lock-in
- high
- Data Portability
- moderate
Compliance
GDPR
HIPAA
SOC 2
PCI-DSS
Encryption
Audit Logs
RBAC
MFA
Best For
startupsmallmediumlarge
Use Cases
- Serverless apps
- Jamstack
- Global apps
- Real-time
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