Apache Cassandra vs ScyllaDB
On the evidence we track, ScyllaDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 55/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for nosql databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
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.
ScyllaDB
LeaderA NoSQL database engineered for applications requiring extreme performance at scale, delivering single-digit millisecond latency with millions of operations per second, commonly used for AI workloads, feature stores, and vector search.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
ScyllaDB
LeaderSubscription-based cloud tiers (Standard, Professional, Premium) with usage calculator. Exact pricing not disclosed on public pages.
- StandardIndustry-leading performance, 2 Hour P1 support
- Fully managed on AWS & GCP
- High-throughput low-latency
- Vector Search
- Auto-scaling storage & compute
- SOC2, ISO certifications
- +2 more
- ProfessionalEnterprise-grade scalability, 1 Hour P1 support, 24x7
- All Standard features
- 1 Hour P1 Support response
- 24x7 support
- Bring Your Own Account
- Multi-region active-active HA/DR
- +2 more
- PremiumContact sales
- All Professional features
- 15 minutes P1 Support response
- 24x7 support
- Bring Your Own Encryption Key
- Advanced networking (Private Link)
- +3 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Apache Cassandra
- 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
ScyllaDB
Leader- DynamoDB (Alternator API compatibility)
- Kubernetes (ScyllaDB Operator)
- AWS
- GCP
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.