Aerospike Database 7 vs ScyllaDB comparison

Aerospike and ScyllaDB are both solutions in the NoSQL Databases category. Aerospike is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.0, while ScyllaDB is ranked #2 with an average rating of 7.9. Aerospike holds a 3.5% mindshare in ND, compared to ScyllaDB’s 10.0% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Aerospike users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of ScyllaDB users who would recommend it.

Aerospike Database 7

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100% willing to recommend

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91% willing to recommend

Aerospike Database 7

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Categories and Ranking

Aerospike Database 7

Ranking in NoSQL Databases

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

ScyllaDB

Ranking in NoSQL Databases

2nd

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2025, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Aerospike Database 7 is 3.5%, up from 2.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ScyllaDB is 10.0%, down from 10.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Manikandan Gunasekaran

Director of Engineering at Ola

Boost authentication and session management with reliable and fast data handling

There is a lot of technical debt in our company, and we need to update to the latest versions. The lack of automation in upgrading clusters from development to production is a concern. A tool for automatically handling such upgrades would reduce operational huddle. Additionally, it would be beneficial if Aerospike had a community version to encourage broader adoption and experimentation.

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Uttam Giri

Lead Network Engineer at First Orion

Offers encryption and supports APIs, making it great for distributed systems

The best features of ScyllaDB are how it synchronizes data and its failover system. There's a unique formula to decide the number of nodes you need and the minimum required, which I find helpful. It also offers encryption and supports APIs, making it great for distributed systems and scaling databases across different regions. While it's easy to use, having prior experience helps configure it properly. There are many configurations; if you don't understand them, you might mess up the design. So, understanding your system's needs, like whether it requires more read or write operations, is crucial for setting up the correct configuration.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It shows better compression and compaction, which is valuable."

"ScyllaDB is very fast, and I can use it for so many things."

"The performance aspects of Scylla are good, as always... A good point about Scylla is that it can be used extensively."

"ScyllaDB allows fine-tuning of the table structure. Speed is probably the most critical factor because we perform a lot of heavy data ingestion. One of its core features is its ability to handle high volumes and maintain speed when accessing data. Additionally, high availability and partitioning are built-in features of ScyllaDB."

"The best features of ScyllaDB are how it synchronizes data and its failover system. There's a unique formula to decide the number of nodes you need and the minimum required, which I find helpful. It also offers encryption and supports APIs, making it great for distributed systems and scaling databases across different regions. While it's easy to use, having prior experience helps configure it properly. There are many configurations; if you don't understand them, you might mess up the design. So, understanding your system's needs, like whether it requires more read or write operations, is crucial for setting up the correct configuration."

"I like how fast it is to query data from the ScyllaDB node!"

"The product's most valuable features are efficiency and reliability."

"ScyllaDB is fast and reliable. It has good performance."

"Firstly, if I update something, it's most likely to finish within milliseconds."

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Cons

"The lack of automation in upgrading clusters from development to production is a concern."

"The product needs to add more features and improve the response time of the support team."

"We faced several challenges while integrating ScyllaDB into our AWS environment. One common issue was that a security port wasn’t opened on one node, preventingdata synchronization across clusters. We noticed the data wasn’t syncing correctly when we saw different record counts in other regions. After investigating, we found that the port was closed in one AWS region. Once we opened the port, the data synchronization across all nodes resumed as expected."

"It seems we have better options available. So probably don't go for ScyllaDB. The reason is, first, it's very high. It's not as straightforward as, like, Postgres or ClickHouse to set up. It requires a complex setup."

"Some of the regular commands in NoSQL do not work."

"The documentation is not well established for new developers."

"ScyllaDB needs to improve its handling of transactions."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use around half a TB of data and spend approximately $36,000 to $40,000 USD per year on Aerospike."

"It's free."

"It is an expensive tool compared to its competitor."

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

"The paid version of ScyllaDB is not that expensive. The main advantage of the paid version is direct support from the ScyllaDB team, which can resolve issues faster—typically within a day, compared to two to three days with the free version. The paid version also offers better guidance and support, while the free version has good documentation and is more high-level. I’d rate their support team nine out of ten because of the quick responses from their community."

"It's a bit expensive."

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Aerospike Database 7?

We use around half a TB of data and spend approximately $36,000 to $40,000 USD per year on Aerospike.

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What needs improvement with Aerospike Database 7?

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What is your primary use case for Aerospike Database 7?

Aerospike is mainly used as the first step for authentication, authorization, and session persistence in our organization. It is a critical part of our workflow, as without it, we wouldn't be able ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Scylla?

The enterprise version comes with a cost of about $300,000 per year, however, we did not experience the promised compaction benefits.

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What needs improvement with Scylla?

From a sales pitch standpoint, it needs to deliver on promises of better ROI and compaction. Additionally, ticketing and support systems could be improved due to the time it takes to get answers. T...

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What is your primary use case for Scylla?

We dump a lot of our data, such as every entry created with respect to when a user rides a scooter, every record gets updated to ScyllaDB. It is used as a single source of truth and it manages mass...

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Overview

Aerospike is an enterprise-class, NoSQL database solution for real-time operational applications that delivers predictable performance at scale, superior uptime, and high availability at the lowest Total Cost of Ownership compared to first-generation NoSQL and relational databases.

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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

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.

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Sample Customers

AppNexus, Adform, KAYAK, Williams-Sonoma Inc., The Trade Desk, GREE, BlueKai, Chango CTO, InMobi, Yashi, eXelate CTO, Snapdeal, adMarketplace, Tapad, Komli Media, Neustar, So-net Media Networks, IMHO Vi, Vizury

IBM, Investing.com, mParticle, Comcast, GE, Fanatics, Ola, CERN, adgear, Samsung

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