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Apache Cassandra vs RavenDB

No clear leader: RavenDB (56.2) and Apache Cassandra (51.9) 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.

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Apache Cassandra52
RavenDB56
Score
vioscaleAI score
Apache Cassandra52 / 100low · 40%
RavenDB56 / 100medium · 63%
Pricing
Free tier
Apache Cassandra✓
RavenDB✓
Model
Apache Cassandraopen_source
RavenDBfreemium
Price level
Apache Cassandrafree
RavenDBlow
Transparent
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDB✗
Integrations
Count
Apache Cassandra17
RavenDB20
Security
Certifications
Gdpr
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDB✓
Hipaa
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDB✓
Iso27001
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDB✓
Scorecard
Apache Cassandra4.6
RavenDB5.7
Soc2
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDB✓
Trust center
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDBhttps://ravendb.net/trust
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Status page
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Apache Cassandra0
RavenDB1
Github stars
Apache Cassandra10,112
RavenDB4,001
Package downloads weekly
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDB6,144
Activity
Commits last 30d
Apache Cassandra100
RavenDB100
Release
History
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDB20 items
License
Spdx
Apache CassandraApache-2.0
RavenDBMIT
Language
Primary
Apache CassandraJava
RavenDBC#
Market
Availability
Apache Cassandra–
RavenDBAvailable worldwide
Content
Faq
Apache Cassandra6 items
RavenDB6 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Apache Cassandra

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

Independently observed

RavenDB

A document database with automatic index optimization and schema management, enabling rapid application development without DevOps overhead.

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 source
as of verify ↗

RavenDB

HybridFree tier
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✗
RavenDB✓
Windows
Apache Cassandra✗
RavenDB✓
Linux
Apache Cassandra✗
RavenDB✓
CLI
Apache Cassandra✓
RavenDB✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Apache Cassandra✓
RavenDB✓
Self-hosted
Apache Cassandra✓
RavenDB✓
On-premise
Apache Cassandra✓
RavenDB✗
Hybrid
Apache Cassandra✓
RavenDB✗

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Elasticsearch

Apache Cassandra

26 total - 25 not shared
  • Amazon Keyspaces
  • Azure Cosmos DB
  • Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra
  • DataStax Astra
  • Elassandra
  • Instaclustr
  • Docker
  • DataStax Studio
  • AxonOps
  • Cassandra Lucene Index
  • Prometheus
  • DbVisualizer
  • Apache Ignite
  • Ansible
  • Lagom
  • EmoDB
  • FiloDB
  • CQLAI
  • DBeaver
  • Apache NiFi
  • JanusGraph
  • Stargate
  • K8ssandra
  • Cassandra Index
  • +1 more
Independently observed

RavenDB

21 total - 20 not shared
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • Snowflake
  • Amazon SQS
  • Azure Queue Storage
  • Azure Service Bus
  • Power BI
  • Akka.NET
  • Apache Parquet
  • NLog
  • Zabbix
  • Datadog
  • PTRG
  • Telegraf
  • Grafana
  • Apache Kafka
Independently observed
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