# Aerospike vs Apache Cassandra

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Apache Cassandra

| Attribute | Aerospike | Apache Cassandra |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 40.9 (62% (medium)) | 51.9 (40% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | 1 | 100 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | 0 | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | 1,383 | 10,112 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | 22,549 | - |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Aerospike is a high-speed, distributed NoSQL database optimized for applications requiring minimal latency and global scalability. It supports cross-region replication, atomic multi-item transactions, and integrates with popular data processing frameworks like Spark and Trino. It is indexed under NoSQL Databases.","source":"https://www.aerospike.com","question":"What is Aerospike?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Aerospike supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.aerospike.com","question":"What platforms does Aerospike support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Aerospike can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.aerospike.com","question":"Can Aerospike be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Aerospike, including Spark, Trino, Kafka, JMS, Pulsar, Java, Python and C, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.aerospike.com","question":"What does Aerospike integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for Aerospike. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Aerospike not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://trust.aerospike.com","question":"What security certifications does Aerospike have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Yes. Aerospike is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://www.npmjs.com/package/aerospike","question":"Is Aerospike open source?","confidence":0.85}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source database platform designed for storing and querying massive datasets across distributed server clusters, with built-in fault tolerance and the ability to survive entire data center outages. It is indexed under NoSQL Databases.","source":"https://cassandra.apache.org","question":"What is Apache Cassandra?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache Cassandra is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://cassandra.apache.org","question":"Is Apache Cassandra free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache Cassandra supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://cassandra.apache.org","question":"What platforms does Apache Cassandra support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Cassandra can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://cassandra.apache.org","question":"Can Apache Cassandra be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 26 integrations for Apache Cassandra, including Amazon Keyspaces, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, DataStax Astra, Elassandra, Instaclustr, Docker and DataStax Studio, plus 18 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://cassandra.apache.org","question":"What does Apache Cassandra integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache Cassandra is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/apache/cassandra","question":"Is Apache Cassandra open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A free distributed database system that automatically distributes data across machines and data centers, providing resilience against node and data center failures. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","consistency":"strong","multi_region":true,"transactions":"multi_item_acid"}` | `{"schema":"enforced","hosting":"both","data_model":"wide_column","consistency":"tunable","replication":"leaderless","sql_support":true,"multi_region":true,"partitioning":"automatic","transactions":"single_item","license_class":"permissive","managed_cloud":true,"query_language":"cql","full_text_search":true,"secondary_indexes":"yes","horizontal_scaling":true}` |
| integrations.count | 10 | 17 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Spark"},{"name":"Trino"},{"name":"Kafka"},{"name":"JMS"},{"name":"Pulsar"},{"name":"Java"},{"name":"Python"},{"name":"C"},{"name":"C#"},{"name":"Go"},{"name":"Node.js"},{"name":"Claude","native":true},{"name":"Cursor","native":true},{"name":"LangGraph","native":true}]` | `[{"name":"Amazon Keyspaces"},{"name":"Azure Cosmos DB"},{"name":"Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra"},{"name":"DataStax Astra"},{"name":"Elassandra"},{"name":"Instaclustr"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"DataStax Studio"},{"name":"AxonOps"},{"name":"Cassandra Lucene Index"},{"name":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"DbVisualizer"},{"name":"Apache Ignite"},{"name":"Ansible"},{"name":"Lagom"},{"name":"EmoDB"},{"name":"FiloDB"},{"name":"CQLAI"},{"name":"DBeaver","native":false,"category":"tools"},{"name":"Apache NiFi","native":false},{"name":"JanusGraph","native":false,"category":"graph"},{"name":"Stargate","native":true,"category":"api","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"K8ssandra","native":true,"category":"kubernetes"},{"name":"Cassandra Index","native":true,"category":"search"},{"name":"Lenses","native":false}]` |
| language.primary | C | Java |
| license.spdx | Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"mac":true,"linux":true,"windows":true}` | `{"cli":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.aerospike.com","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T13:51:07.983Z"}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://cassandra.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-09-07T08:32:30.799Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | free | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| release.history | `[{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/8.2.0.0","date":"2026-10-07T19:43:58Z","type":"stable","version":"8.2.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/8.1.2.5","date":"2026-09-21T17:43:59Z","type":"stable","version":"8.1.2.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/8.1.2.4","date":"2026-09-23T19:20:10Z","type":"stable","version":"8.1.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/8.1.2.3","date":"2026-09-23T19:15:09Z","type":"stable","version":"8.1.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/8.1.2.2","date":"2026-09-23T19:09:31Z","type":"stable","version":"8.1.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/8.0.0.20","date":"2026-09-21T17:41:18Z","type":"stable","version":"8.0.0.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/8.0.0.19","date":"2026-09-23T19:05:13Z","type":"stable","version":"8.0.0.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/8.0.0.18","date":"2026-09-23T19:01:00Z","type":"stable","version":"8.0.0.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/8.0.0.17","date":"2026-09-23T18:56:56Z","type":"stable","version":"8.0.0.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/7.2.0.22","date":"2026-09-21T17:38:30Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.0.22"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/7.2.0.21","date":"2026-09-23T18:53:38Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.0.21"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/7.2.0.20","date":"2026-09-23T18:50:03Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.0.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/7.2.0.19","date":"2026-09-23T18:40:18Z","type":"stable","version":"7.2.0.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/v8.1.2.3","date":"2026-07-16T17:57:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.1.2.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/v8.0.0.18","date":"2026-07-16T17:48:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.0.0.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/v7.2.0.20","date":"2026-07-16T00:23:57Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.2.0.20"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/v8.1.2.2","date":"2026-07-16T17:54:10Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.1.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/v8.0.0.17","date":"2026-07-16T17:42:42Z","type":"stable","version":"v8.0.0.17"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/v7.2.0.19","date":"2026-07-16T00:19:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.2.0.19"},{"url":"https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-server/releases/tag/v7.1.0.25","date":"2026-07-16T00:07:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v7.1.0.25"}]` | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | 7 | 4.6 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.aerospike.com/legal/privacy-policy | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=helm&package_name=cloudnativeapp%2Faerospike&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fapache%2Fcassandra&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (NoSQL Databases)

| Capability | Aerospike | Apache Cassandra |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Data model | - | Wide-column |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query language | - | CQL |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | Strong | Tunable |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| Transactions | Multi-item ACID | Single-item |
| **Indexing** |  |  |
| Secondary indexes | - | Yes |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Partitioning / sharding | - | Automatic |
| Multi-region | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Replication** |  |  |
| Replication topology | - | Leaderless |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Schema** |  |  |
| Schema | - | Enforced |
| **Features** |  |  |
| TTL / auto-expiry | - | - |
| Change streams / CDC | - | - |
| Vector / search built-in | - | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | - | Permissive OSS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T02:14:41.376Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*