Comparison

Apache Cassandra vs ArangoDB

No clear leader: ArangoDB (49.0) and Apache Cassandra (44.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Apache Cassandra45
ArangoDB49
Score
Vioscale score
Apache Cassandra45 / 100low · 40%updating
ArangoDB49 / 100low · 42%updating
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Cassandra
ArangoDB
Model
Apache Cassandraopen_source
ArangoDBcommercial
Price level
Apache Cassandrafree
ArangoDBlow
Transparent
Apache Cassandra
ArangoDB
Integrations
Count
Apache Cassandra19
ArangoDB
Reliability
Status page
Apache Cassandra
ArangoDB
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Cassandra0
ArangoDB0
Github stars
Apache Cassandra10,081
ArangoDB14,266
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Cassandra100
ArangoDB100
License
Spdx
Apache CassandraApache-2.0
ArangoDB
Language
Primary
Apache CassandraJava
ArangoDBC++

Capabilities

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

Core
Data model
Apache CassandraWide-column
ArangoDBMulti-model
Query
Query language
Apache CassandraCQL
ArangoDB-
Consistency
Consistency
Apache CassandraTunable
ArangoDB-
Transactions
Transactions
Apache CassandraSingle-item
ArangoDB-
Indexing
Secondary indexes
Apache CassandraYes
ArangoDBYes
Scale
Partitioning / sharding
Apache CassandraAutomatic
ArangoDBAutomatic
Multi-region
Apache Cassandra
ArangoDB-
Replication
Replication topology
Apache CassandraLeaderless
ArangoDB-
Deployment
Hosting
Apache CassandraCloud + self-hosted
ArangoDBCloud + self-hosted
Schema
Schema
Apache CassandraEnforced
ArangoDB-
Features
TTL / auto-expiry
Apache Cassandra-
ArangoDB-
Change streams / CDC
Apache Cassandra-
ArangoDB-
Vector / search built-in
Apache Cassandra-
ArangoDB
Licensing
Licence class
Apache CassandraPermissive OSS
ArangoDBSource-available (SSPL/BSL)

What each one is

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

Apache Cassandra

An open-source, distributed NoSQL database that automatically scales across commodity hardware and cloud infrastructure, providing high availability and fault tolerance with no single points of failure and multi-datacenter replication support.

Independently observed

ArangoDB

A multimodel database that unifies fragmented enterprise data into a graph-native foundation, serving as a context layer for AI agents, applications, and analytics workloads without requiring multiple specialized databases.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Apache Cassandra

Open sourceFree tier
as of verify ↗

ArangoDB

HybridFree tier

Free community edition with 100GB limit, Enterprise Edition available

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

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

Integrations

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

Apache Cassandra

19 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
Independently observed

ArangoDB

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.