# Differences Between FederatedX and Federated

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The main differences are:

## New features in FederatedX

* Transactions (beta feature)
* Supports partitions (alpha feature)
* New class structure which allows developers to write connection classes for other RDBMSs without having to modify base classes for FederatedX

## Different behavior

* FederatedX is statically compiled into MariaDB by default.
* When you create a table with FederatedX, the connection are tested. The `CREATE` will fail if MariaDB can't connect to the remote host or if the remote table doesn't exist.

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