ScyllaDB X Cloud vs Amazon Keyspaces

ScyllaDB X Cloud8.3Visit Amazon Keyspaces7.3Visit

Higher score ScyllaDB X Cloud #2 in Cassandra Hosting 8.3/10 30-day trial ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit ScyllaDB X

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

• ScyllaDB X Cloud fits best

  Multi-cloud Cassandra with modern search features

• Amazon Keyspaces fits best

  Serverless Cassandra on AWS

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Side by side

Feature	ScyllaDB X Cloud 8.3/10 Visit ↗	Amazon Keyspaces 7.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.3	7.3
Ranking	#2 in Cassandra Hosting	#4 in Cassandra Hosting
Best for	Multi-cloud Cassandra with modern search features	Serverless Cassandra on AWS
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Live chat, Tickets, Docs	Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS	ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS
Integrations	7 integrations	7 integrations
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features ScyllaDB X Cloud 3/3 · Amazon Keyspaces 1/3
Automated backups	✓ (best)	Not published
Multi-region clusters	✓	✓
Private networking	✓ (best)	Not published
Specs
Cassandra versions	2025.4.0, 2025.4.3, 2026.1.0, 2026.2.0, 2026.3.0	Not published
Node scaling	Automatic	Not published
Storage per node	Not published	Not published
Deployment regions	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	Automatic scaling for storage and compute Multi-region deployment with daily automated backups Vector and text search with Cassandra-compatible access	Serverless operation with on-demand or provisioned capacity Multi-Region active-active replication and 35-day recovery CQL compatibility plus broad AWS service integrations
Cons	No free plan Advanced networking is limited to the Premium plan 24x7 P1 support is limited to Professional and Premium	Usage-based pricing varies by AWS Region AWS-focused deployment limits platform flexibility Requires Cassandra-compatible workloads and AWS ecosystem fit
Our verdict	ScyllaDB X Cloud is a fully managed database-as-a-service offering for data-intensive applications that need low latency, high throughput, and Cassandra-compatible access. It runs on AWS and Google Cloud, supports CQL and… Read the review →	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 →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ScyllaDB X Cloud — where it wins

  • Automatic scaling for storage and compute
  • Multi-region deployment with daily automated backups
  • Vector and text search with Cassandra-compatible access

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Advanced networking is limited to the Premium plan
  • 24x7 P1 support is limited to Professional and Premium

• 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

• ScyllaDB X Cloud8.3/10 · 30-day trial

  A managed Cassandra-compatible service for multi-cloud, multi-region workloads.

  Visit ScyllaDB XFull verdict →
• Amazon Keyspaces7.3/10 · Paid

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

  Try Amazon KeyspacesFull verdict →