Fauna DB
Fauna DB is a serverless, globally distributed document-relational database designed for modern applications. It combines the flexibility of NoSQL document storage with the relational querying capabilities of SQL, offering ACID transactions, strong consistency, and built-in security features. It operates as a cloud-native database-as-a-service (DBaaS) with a focus on scalability and developer productivity.
Developers should learn and use Fauna DB when building applications that require a globally distributed, serverless database with strong consistency and transactional guarantees, such as real-time collaborative apps, e-commerce platforms, or financial services. It's particularly valuable for teams that want to avoid managing database infrastructure while needing complex queries and relationships, as it provides a GraphQL API and FQL (Fauna Query Language) for flexible data access.