Amazon Keyspaces vs ApsaraDB for Cassandra

Amazon Keyspaces7.3Visit ApsaraDB for Cassandra6.9Visit

Higher score Amazon Keyspaces #4 in Cassandra Hosting 7.3/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 3 features Try Amazon Keyspaces

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ApsaraDB for Cassandra #7 in Cassandra Hosting 6.9/10 From $36.06/mo ✓ 2 of 3 features Visit Alibaba Cloud

• Amazon Keyspaces fits best

  Serverless Cassandra on AWS

• ApsaraDB for Cassandra fits best

  Teams deploying Cassandra across Asian regions

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Keyspaces 7.3/10 Visit ↗	ApsaraDB for Cassandra 6.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.3	6.9
Ranking	#4 in Cassandra Hosting	#7 in Cassandra Hosting
Best for	Serverless Cassandra on AWS	Teams deploying Cassandra across Asian regions
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	$36.06/mo
Free plan	—	Not published
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Support	Docs	Docs
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Keyspaces 1/3 · ApsaraDB for Cassandra 2/3
Automated backups	Not published	Not published
Multi-region clusters	✓	✓
Private networking	Not published	✓ (best)
Specs
Cassandra versions	Not published	Not published
Node scaling	Not published	Not published
Storage per node	Not published	Not published
Deployment regions	Not published	China (Hangzhou), China (Shanghai), China (Shenzhen), China (Qingdao), China (Beijing), China (Zhangjiakou), China (Hohhot), China (Hong Kong), Japan (Tokyo), Singapore, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta), UK (London), Germany (Frankfurt), US (Virginia), US (Silicon Valley)
Our review
Pros	Serverless operation with on-demand or provisioned capacity Multi-Region active-active replication and 35-day recovery CQL compatibility plus broad AWS service integrations	Multi-node clusters with replicas and multiple data centers Separate compute and cloud-disk scaling and billing Private and public endpoints across listed regions
Cons	Usage-based pricing varies by AWS Region AWS-focused deployment limits platform flexibility Requires Cassandra-compatible workloads and AWS ecosystem fit	Alibaba Cloud documentation labels the service deprecated Compute and storage costs are billed separately Platform access is listed through the API, with limited integrations
Our verdict	Amazon Keyspaces is a fully managed, serverless wide-column database service compatible with Apache Cassandra and Cassandra Query Language (CQL). It is intended for teams running low-latency, high-throughput Cassandra workloads in the AWS… Read the review →	ApsaraDB for Cassandra is Alibaba Cloud’s managed Apache Cassandra service for teams running high-concurrency, low-latency workloads. It supports multi-node clusters, data replicas, multiple data centers, cloud disks, and internal or… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon Keyspaces — where it wins

  • Serverless operation with on-demand or provisioned capacity
  • Multi-Region active-active replication and 35-day recovery
  • CQL compatibility plus broad AWS service integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based pricing varies by AWS Region
  • AWS-focused deployment limits platform flexibility
  • Requires Cassandra-compatible workloads and AWS ecosystem fit

• ApsaraDB for Cassandra — where it wins

  • Multi-node clusters with replicas and multiple data centers
  • Separate compute and cloud-disk scaling and billing
  • Private and public endpoints across listed regions

  Where it doesn't

  • Alibaba Cloud documentation labels the service deprecated
  • Compute and storage costs are billed separately
  • Platform access is listed through the API, with limited integrations

• Amazon Keyspaces7.3/10 · Paid

  A strong AWS-native choice for serverless Cassandra workloads with multi-Region support.

  Try Amazon KeyspacesFull verdict →
• ApsaraDB for Cassandra6.9/10 · From $36.06/mo

  Managed multi-node Cassandra with regional coverage, but the service is deprecated.

  Visit Alibaba CloudFull verdict →