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DataStax Enterprise vs ScyllaDB comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

DataStax Enterprise
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
10th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
Vector Databases (15th)
ScyllaDB
Ranking in NoSQL Databases
5th
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of DataStax Enterprise is 3.2%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of ScyllaDB is 6.6%, down from 10.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ScyllaDB6.6%
DataStax Enterprise3.2%
Other90.2%
NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Suzanne  Kimono - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Deloitte
Continuous data access has ensured high uptime and has supported real-time transactional processing
The best features DataStax Enterprise offers include scaling, speed of data access, and ease of use for those familiar with traditional SQL. The scaling and speed of data access have benefited my team because the scaling and the speeding of data provide linear scale as well as multi-data centers' real-time replication of data such that we can maintain uptime even with the loss of multiple data centers. It enables us to maintain our uptime, which is very crucial for our clients. DataStax Enterprise has positively impacted my organization by providing the ability to have our services up and running even with a total outage at one of our data centers. There is no need to maintain windows since we can turn off data centers while doing maintenance and then put them back in the rotation and move on. I can share specific outcomes or metrics that show this positive impact, such as improvements in performance of about 60% and a reduction in downtime of about 40 to 45%, which is very great.
Manikandan Gunasekaran - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Engineering at Ola
Reliable data management with great reliability and performance
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. There's also an issue with compatibility when attempting to switch back from the enterprise to the community version.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I can share specific outcomes or metrics that show this positive impact, such as improvements in performance of about 60% and a reduction in downtime of about 40 to 45%, which is very great."
"Some of the positive outcomes I see are that system stability improved a lot, there is no single point of failure, so downtime is reduced significantly, and the system stays up even when we face issues in a node."
"I can share specific outcomes resulting from using DataStax Enterprise as we have been seeing an uptick in user adoption, since the introduction of this, our users have jumped from around 20,000 to 50,000."
"DataStax Enterprise has positively impacted my organization as we are now an e-commerce website that has never faced downtime, which helps our business to boom and significantly enhances our customer experience."
"DataStax Enterprise positively impacted my organization by allowing us to contribute to our main feature development in the product and not worry much about these different services."
"The performance aspects of Scylla are good, as always... A good point about Scylla is that it can be used extensively."
"ScyllaDB is fast and reliable. It has good performance."
"Scalability in performance is good."
"I like how fast it is to query data from the ScyllaDB node!"
"The product's most valuable features are efficiency and reliability."
"The database is easy to use, fast, and accessible for applications because the API is straightforward."
"Firstly, if I update something, it's most likely to finish within milliseconds."
"The performance and scalability are good, and we hardly see any major issues with ScyllaDB."
 

Cons

"My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that I feel the cost is a bit expensive compared to the open-source implementation of Cassandra, and the initial cluster setup is complex."
"I believe that DataStax Enterprise could be improved by working more on making the OpsCenter user interface more user-friendly, particularly regarding the fonts and overall UI."
"If not keeping current with updates, updating from an older major version to a newer major version can be a bit complicated and time-consuming, but DataStax Enterprise support will help us with this."
"There is still room for improvement and DataStax Enterprise can definitely improve their UI."
"The documentation is not well established for new developers."
"Support and the availability of support need improvement. I would give them a six out of ten."
"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."
"If you don't have the best computing resources, then it's not easy to set up. In such cases, we have to run ScyllaDB in developer mode."
"ScyllaDB needs to improve its handling of transactions."
"Some of the regular commands in NoSQL do not work."
"The product needs to add more features and improve the response time of the support team."
"From a sales pitch standpoint, it needs to deliver on promises of better ROI and compaction."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's free."
"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."
"I believe that there is a yearly licensing cost and that it's expensive."
"It is an expensive tool compared to its competitor."
"It's a bit expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Retailer
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Media Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DataStax Enterprise?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing indicates that the cost is a bit affordable, especially for my organization. However, for smaller organizations working under a tight budget, i...
What needs improvement with DataStax Enterprise?
DataStax Enterprise can provide other solutions that are well-suited for other use cases such as an auditing system or writing systems. Additionally, many other details can be provided for monitori...
What is your primary use case for DataStax Enterprise?
My main use case for DataStax Enterprise is handling the high-volume transactional data in a distributed system. I work on an application where we need to store and process a large amount of real-t...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Scylla?
From what I’ve seen (and experienced), ScyllaDB pricing is very dependent on how you deploy it, and that’s where most of the confusion comes from.
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...
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...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

ING, Netflix, UBS, eBay, Constant Contact, Aeris, Arise, ClearCapital, Dyn, Engine, Noble Group, Pantheon, Target
IBM, Investing.com, mParticle, Comcast, GE, Fanatics, Ola, CERN, adgear, Samsung
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