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Comparison

RavenDB vs ScyllaDB

No clear leader: RavenDB (56.1) and ScyllaDB (55.1) 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.

RavenDB full profile →ScyllaDB full profile →
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RavenDB56
ScyllaDB55
Score
Vioscale score
RavenDB56 / 100medium · 63%
ScyllaDB55 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tier
RavenDB–
ScyllaDB✗
Model
RavenDB–
ScyllaDBcommercial
Price level
RavenDB–
ScyllaDBunknown
Transparent
RavenDB–
ScyllaDB✗
Integrations
Count
RavenDB20
ScyllaDB4
Security
Disclosure policy
RavenDB–
ScyllaDB✓
Gdpr
RavenDB–
ScyllaDB✓
Hipaa
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB–
Iso27001
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Pci
RavenDB–
ScyllaDB✓
Scorecard
RavenDB5.1
ScyllaDB–
Soc2
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
RavenDB–
ScyllaDB99.9
Status page
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB–
Adoption
Dependent repos
RavenDB1
ScyllaDB–
Github stars
RavenDB3,993
ScyllaDB15,723
Package downloads weekly
RavenDB26,043
ScyllaDB–
Activity
Commits last 30d
RavenDB100
ScyllaDB100
Release
History
RavenDB20 items
ScyllaDB–
License
Spdx
RavenDBMIT
ScyllaDB–
Language
Primary
RavenDBC#
ScyllaDBC++
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Core
Data model
RavenDBDocument
ScyllaDBWide-column
Query
Query language
RavenDB-
ScyllaDBCQL
Consistency
Consistency
RavenDB-
ScyllaDBTunable
Transactions
Transactions
RavenDBMulti-item ACID
ScyllaDB-
Indexing
Secondary indexes
RavenDBYes
ScyllaDBYes
Scale
Partitioning / sharding
RavenDBAutomatic
ScyllaDBAutomatic
Multi-region
RavenDB-
ScyllaDB✓
Replication
Replication topology
RavenDBActive-active
ScyllaDBPrimary-secondary
Deployment
Hosting
RavenDBCloud + self-hosted
ScyllaDBCloud + self-hosted
Schema
Schema
RavenDBOptional schema
ScyllaDBEnforced
Features
TTL / auto-expiry
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB-
Change streams / CDC
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB-
Vector / search built-in
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Licensing
Licence class
RavenDB-
ScyllaDB-

What each one is

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

RavenDB

RavenDB is a document database that automatically optimizes indexes and queries without manual configuration. It provides ACID transactions across clusters, master-master replication for high availability, and can be deployed in cloud, on-premises, or edge environments.

Independently observed

ScyllaDB

A 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.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

RavenDB

Pricing not documented yet.

ScyllaDB

Subscription

Subscription-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
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Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
CLI
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Self-hosted
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
On-premise
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB✗
Hybrid
RavenDB✓
ScyllaDB✗

Integrations

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

RavenDB

20 total
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Elasticsearch
  • Kafka
  • RabbitMQ
  • Snowflake
  • Amazon SQS
  • Azure Queue Storage
  • Azure Service Bus
  • Power BI
  • Akka.NET
  • Apache Parquet
  • NLog
  • Zabbix
  • Datadog
  • PTRG
  • Telegraf
  • Grafana
Independently observed

ScyllaDB

4 total
  • DynamoDB (Alternator API compatibility)
  • Kubernetes (ScyllaDB Operator)
  • AWS
  • GCP
Independently observed

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