ScyllaDB Reviews

Name: ScyllaDB
Brand: ScyllaDB
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

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ScyllaDB is an open-source, distributed NoSQL wide-column datastore (a highly scalable NoSQL database), known for its compatibility with Apache Cassandra, and for supporting the same protocols as Cassandra (CQL and Thrift) and the same file formats (SSTable). ScyllaDB is designed for high throughput and low latency, making it suitable for data-intensive applications. Its architecture allows it to deliver remarkable performance on a massive scale, utilizing modern multi-core servers to their fullest potential

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ScyllaDB is the #6 ranked solution in top NoSQL Databases. PeerSpot users give ScyllaDB an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. ScyllaDB is most commonly compared to Vertica: ScyllaDB vs Vertica. ScyllaDB is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 58% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a computer software company, accounting for 17% of all views.

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ScyllaDB market share

As of March 2024, the market share of ScyllaDB in the NoSQL Databases category stands at 11.0%, marking a decrease of 18.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

"The performance aspects of Scylla are good, as always... A good point about Scylla is that it can be used extensively."
"It is lightweight, and it requires less infrastructure."

Room for Improvement

"The documentation of Scylla is an area with shortcomings and needs to be improved."
"Data export, along with how we can purchase the data periodically, needs to be improved so that the storage is within control. Then, we could optimize it even better."

Pricing

ScyllaDB offers a free basic option, a more advanced self-managed enterprise option, and a fully managed cloud database option - providing flexible NoSQL database solutions for different needs and scales.

Open Source - Free version with basic features like clustering, replication, Cassandra compatibility, lightweight transactions, role-based access control, change data capture, secondary indexes, and materialized views. Automation for recurrent tasks, such as backups and repairs limited to 5 nodes.
Enterprise - Adds advanced features like workload prioritization, incremental compaction, encryption, auditing, and authentication. Also includes dedicated community support, long-term release support, 24/7 critical issue hot fixes.
Cloud - Fully-managed database-as-a-service. Includes all Enterprise features in a serverless platform.

"I believe that there is a yearly licensing cost and that it's expensive."

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Computer Software Company

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14%

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ScyllaDB utilizes a similar architecture, data format, and query language as Apache Cassandra, providing compatibility while dramatically improving speed and scalability.

The key advantages of ScyllaDB include its rewritten C++ implementation that eliminates Cassandra's expensive Java garbage collection pauses, built-in caching for fast access to frequently used data, and shard-aware drivers for direct routing of requests. This enables it to fully leverage modern multi-core servers for massive parallelism. The community is active and the latest major release, ScyllaDB Enterprise 2023.1.0 LTS, incorporates over 5,000 code commits focused on enhancing capabilities.

ScyllaDB supports wide-column data modeling for fast read performance at scale. It includes integrated monitoring and management tools to track database health and performance. For organizations looking to boost speed and reduce costs for NoSQL workloads, ScyllaDB offers a drop-in replacement for Cassandra that delivers lower latency, higher throughput, and increased scalability with fewer nodes. Its seamless migration path makes switching from Cassandra seamless, requiring minimal code changes.