Apache Cassandra vs Cloudera Operational Database

Apache Cassandra—Visit Cloudera Operational Database8.0Visit

Apache Cassandra #1 in Wide-Column Databases —/10 Open source ✓ 3 of 3 features Try Apache Cassandra

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Higher score Cloudera Operational Database #7 in Wide-Column Databases 8.0/10 From $0.08 ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Cloudera

• Apache Cassandra fits best

  Mature self-hosted Cassandra-compatible deployments

• Cloudera Operational Database fits best

  Enterprise HBase with SQL and governance

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Side by side

Feature	Apache Cassandra —/10 Visit ↗	Cloudera Operational Database 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	—	8.0
Ranking	#1 in Wide-Column Databases	#7 in Wide-Column Databases
Best for	Mature self-hosted Cassandra-compatible deployments	Enterprise HBase with SQL and governance
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	Not published	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted, Desktop	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web
Support	Community, Docs	Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Apache Cassandra 3/3 · Cloudera Operational Database 3/3
Multi-region support	✓	✓
Transaction support	✓	✓
Horizontal scaling	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Self_hosted	Both
Query interface	Cql	Multiple
Consistency controls	Tunable	Configurable
Maximum row size	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Partitioned wide-column model with CQL query access Datacenter replication and tunable consistency controls Horizontal scaling by adding nodes	Apache HBase with ANSI SQL through Apache Phoenix Integrated Apache Solr search with distributed transactions Failover, autoscaling, replication, and enterprise governance
Cons	Self-managed deployment requires infrastructure ownership CQL is the primary query interface Desktop deployment uses Docker on supported operating systems	No free plan for evaluation or smaller workloads Pricing excludes infrastructure, networking, and other cloud costs The feature set may exceed teams needing a narrower database service
Our verdict	Apache Cassandra is an open-source, distributed NoSQL database built around a partitioned wide-column storage model. It is aimed at teams managing self-hosted workloads that need high-volume reads and writes, large datasets, fault… Read the review →	Cloudera Operational Database is a managed wide-column NoSQL database built on Apache HBase for real-time, high-throughput applications. It is aimed at enterprise teams running transactional, customer-facing, time-series, and other… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Apache Cassandra — where it wins

  • Partitioned wide-column model with CQL query access
  • Datacenter replication and tunable consistency controls
  • Horizontal scaling by adding nodes

  Where it doesn't

  • Self-managed deployment requires infrastructure ownership
  • CQL is the primary query interface
  • Desktop deployment uses Docker on supported operating systems

• Cloudera Operational Database — where it wins

  • Apache HBase with ANSI SQL through Apache Phoenix
  • Integrated Apache Solr search with distributed transactions
  • Failover, autoscaling, replication, and enterprise governance

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan for evaluation or smaller workloads
  • Pricing excludes infrastructure, networking, and other cloud costs
  • The feature set may exceed teams needing a narrower database service

• Apache Cassandra—/10 · Open source

  A mature self-hosted Cassandra-compatible database for distributed, high-volume workloads.

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• Cloudera Operational Database8.0/10 · From $0.08

  A governed HBase service with SQL, search, scaling, and hybrid-cloud deployment.

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