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Comparison

Aerospike vs Apache Cassandra

On the evidence we track, Apache Cassandra leads this comparison with a composite score of 52/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Aerospike41
★Apache Cassandra52
Score
vioscaleAI score
Aerospike41 / 100medium · 62%
Apache Cassandra52 / 100low · 40%
Pricing
Free tier
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra✓
Model
Aerospikefree
Apache Cassandraopen_source
Price level
Aerospikefree
Apache Cassandrafree
Transparent
Aerospike✗
Apache Cassandra–
Integrations
Count
Aerospike10
Apache Cassandra17
Security
Disclosure policy
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra–
Gdpr
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra–
Iso27001
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra–
Scorecard
Aerospike7
Apache Cassandra4.6
Soc2
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra–
Trust center
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra–
Adoption
Dependent repos
Aerospike0
Apache Cassandra0
Github stars
Aerospike1,383
Apache Cassandra10,112
Package downloads weekly
Aerospike22,549
Apache Cassandra–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Aerospike1
Apache Cassandra100
Release
History
Aerospike20 items
Apache Cassandra–
License
Spdx
AerospikeApache-2.0
Apache CassandraApache-2.0
Language
Primary
AerospikeC
Apache CassandraJava
Content
Faq
Aerospike6 items
Apache Cassandra6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for nosql databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Data model
Aerospike-
Apache CassandraWide-column
Query
Query language
Aerospike-
Apache CassandraCQL
Consistency
Consistency
AerospikeStrong
Apache CassandraTunable
Transactions
Transactions
AerospikeMulti-item ACID
Apache CassandraSingle-item
Indexing
Secondary indexes
Aerospike-
Apache CassandraYes
Scale
Partitioning / sharding
Aerospike-
Apache CassandraAutomatic
Multi-region
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra✓
Replication
Replication topology
Aerospike-
Apache CassandraLeaderless
Deployment
Hosting
AerospikeCloud + self-hosted
Apache CassandraCloud + self-hosted
Schema
Schema
Aerospike-
Apache CassandraEnforced
Features
TTL / auto-expiry
Aerospike-
Apache Cassandra-
Change streams / CDC
Aerospike-
Apache Cassandra-
Vector / search built-in
Aerospike-
Apache Cassandra-
Licensing
Licence class
Aerospike-
Apache CassandraPermissive OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Aerospike

An in-memory NoSQL database designed to handle millions of concurrent transactions with configurable consistency modes and ACID support. Supports direct integration with AI coding agents and offers both managed cloud and self-hosted deployment.

Independently observed

Apache Cassandra

Leader

A free distributed database system that automatically distributes data across machines and data centers, providing resilience against node and data center failures.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Aerospike

FreeFree tier
as of verify ↗

Apache Cassandra

Leader
Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra✗
Windows
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra✗
Linux
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra✗
CLI
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra✓
Self-hosted
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra✓
On-premise
Aerospike✗
Apache Cassandra✓
Hybrid
Aerospike✓
Apache Cassandra✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Aerospike

14 total
  • Spark
  • Trino
  • Kafka
  • JMS
  • Pulsar
  • Java
  • Python
  • C
  • C#
  • Go
  • Node.js
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • LangGraph
Independently observed

Apache Cassandra

Leader
26 total
  • Amazon Keyspaces
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
  • DataStax Astra
  • Elassandra
  • Instaclustr
  • Docker
  • DataStax Studio
  • AxonOps
  • Cassandra Lucene Index
  • Elasticsearch
  • Prometheus
  • DbVisualizer
  • Apache Ignite
  • Ansible
  • Lagom
  • EmoDB
  • FiloDB
  • CQLAI
  • DBeaver
  • Apache NiFi
  • JanusGraph
  • Stargate
  • K8ssandra
  • +2 more
Independently observed
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Aerospike or Apache Cassandra: which one depends on you

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