Apache Cassandra comparisons
Apache Cassandra is compared head-to-head with Google Cloud Bigtable, Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra and Alibaba Cloud Lindorm and more: 7 head-to-heads in Wide-Column Databases, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Apache Cassandra head-to-head
- Apache Cassandra vs Google Cloud Bigtable
- Apache Cassandra vs Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra
- Apache Cassandra vs Alibaba Cloud Lindorm
- Apache Cassandra vs Alibaba Cloud Tablestore
- Apache Cassandra vs Apache HBase
- Apache Cassandra vs Cloudera Operational Database
- Apache Cassandra vs DataStax Astra DB
Apache Cassandra vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Deployment model | Query interface | Consistency controls | Multi-region support | Horizontal scaling | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Apache Cassandra | Free | Self_hosted | Cql | Tunable | Yes | Yes | 9.3 | |
| 2 | Google Cloud Bigtable | No | $0.65/device usage-based | 9.1 | |||||
| 3 | Azure Cosmos DB for Apache Cassandra | Yes | Managed | Cql | Configurable | Yes | Yes | 9.0 | |
| 4 | Alibaba Cloud Lindorm | Managed | Multiple | Configurable | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | ||
| 5 | Alibaba Cloud Tablestore | Managed | Multiple | Configurable | Yes | Yes | 8.8 | ||
| 6 | Apache HBase | Yes | Free | Self_hosted | Multiple | Configurable | Yes | Yes | 8.7 |
| 7 | Cloudera Operational Database | No | $0.08/unit usage-based | Both | Multiple | Configurable | Yes | Yes | 8.6 |
| 8 | DataStax Astra DB | Yes | $83.30/mo | Managed | Multiple | Configurable | Yes | Yes | 8.5 |
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