Cloudera Operational Database vs DataStax Astra DB

Cloudera Operational Database8.0Visit DataStax Astra DB9.0Visit

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

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Higher score DataStax Astra DB #8 in Wide-Column Databases 9.0/10 Free plan · paid from $1 Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Astra DB

• Cloudera Operational Database fits best

  Enterprise HBase with SQL and governance

• DataStax Astra DB fits best

  Managed Cassandra with vector and hybrid search

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Side by side

Feature	Cloudera Operational Database 8.0/10 Visit ↗	DataStax Astra DB 9.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.0	9.0
Ranking	#7 in Wide-Column Databases	#8 in Wide-Column Databases
Best for	Enterprise HBase with SQL and governance	Managed Cassandra with vector and hybrid search
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7	Tickets, Docs
Integrations	9 integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Cloudera Operational Database 3/3 · DataStax Astra DB 3/3
Multi-region support	✓	✓
Transaction support	✓	✓
Horizontal scaling	✓	✓
Specs
Deployment model	Both	Managed
Query interface	Multiple	Multiple
Consistency controls	Configurable	Configurable
Maximum row size	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Apache HBase with ANSI SQL through Apache Phoenix Integrated Apache Solr search with distributed transactions Failover, autoscaling, replication, and enterprise governance	CQL, HTTP Data API, drivers, and client libraries Vector and hybrid search for AI and retrieval applications Configurable consistency and multi-region replication
Cons	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	The Free plan does not include multi-region databases Pay Per Use pricing varies with resource consumption It is a managed service, not an open-source product
Our verdict	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 →	DataStax Astra DB is a fully managed, serverless database service powered by Apache Cassandra. It is aimed at developers building distributed applications, real-time workloads, and generative-AI or retrieval-augmented-generation… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• DataStax Astra DB — where it wins

  • CQL, HTTP Data API, drivers, and client libraries
  • Vector and hybrid search for AI and retrieval applications
  • Configurable consistency and multi-region replication

  Where it doesn't

  • The Free plan does not include multi-region databases
  • Pay Per Use pricing varies with resource consumption
  • It is a managed service, not an open-source product

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

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

  Visit ClouderaFull verdict →
• DataStax Astra DB9.0/10 · Free plan · paid from $1

  Managed Cassandra for distributed apps, with vector and hybrid search.

  Visit Astra DBFull verdict →