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ScyllaDB pros and cons

Vendor: ScyllaDB
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PROS

ScyllaDB is lightweight and requires less infrastructure while maintaining good performance.
ScyllaDB is fast, reliable, and suitable for high-volume data handling with built-in high availability and partitioning features.
ScyllaDB's API is straightforward, making it easy to use, and it integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructure.
The database offers valuable features such as efficiency, reliability, and the ability to fine-tune the table structure for optimal performance.
ScyllaDB provides strong scalability, with features like data synchronization and a failover system that support distributed systems and scaling across regions.

CONS

Data export and periodic data purchasing need improvement for better storage control.
Documentation has shortcomings and needs improvement, especially for new developers.
Setup is complex compared to Postgres or ClickHouse, requiring significant computing resources.
Handling of transactions and support response times need enhancement.
Challenges exist in integrating with AWS, such as issues with data synchronization due to closed security ports.
 

ScyllaDB Pros review quotes

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Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Jun 6, 2022
It is lightweight, and it requires less infrastructure.
reviewer2234055 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 18, 2023
The performance aspects of Scylla are good, as always... A good point about Scylla is that it can be used extensively.
ArpitShah - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Analyst at CLSA
Jun 13, 2024
ScyllaDB is very fast, and I can use it for so many things.
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China Venkanna Varma Ponnamanda - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder & CEO at SaYukth Private Limited
Jan 3, 2026
The documentation is good. It integrates easily with our existing data infrastructure.
SanjeevSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff DBRE at SecurityScorecard
Jul 11, 2024
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.
Atul Kumar Awasthi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Extramarks Education India
Jul 23, 2024
Firstly, if I update something, it's most likely to finish within milliseconds.
ChetanNiloor - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead Cloud Databases and Infrastructure at MindTree
Jul 24, 2024
ScyllaDB is fast and reliable. It has good performance.
SM
Senior Database Administrator at Interswitch
Jul 29, 2024
I like how fast it is to query data from the ScyllaDB node!
Uttam Giri - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Network Engineer at First Orion
Jul 29, 2024
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.
Manikandan Gunasekaran - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Engineering at Ola
Nov 13, 2024
The performance and scalability are good, and we hardly see any major issues with ScyllaDB.
 

ScyllaDB Cons review quotes

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Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Jun 6, 2022
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.
reviewer2234055 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jul 18, 2023
The documentation of Scylla is an area with shortcomings and needs to be improved.
ArpitShah - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Analyst at CLSA
Jun 13, 2024
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.
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China Venkanna Varma Ponnamanda - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder & CEO at SaYukth Private Limited
Jan 3, 2026
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.
SanjeevSingh4 - PeerSpot reviewer
Staff DBRE at SecurityScorecard
Jul 11, 2024
ScyllaDB needs to improve its handling of transactions.
Atul Kumar Awasthi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at Extramarks Education India
Jul 23, 2024
The documentation is not well established for new developers.
ChetanNiloor - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead Cloud Databases and Infrastructure at MindTree
Jul 24, 2024
The product needs to add more features and improve the response time of the support team.
SM
Senior Database Administrator at Interswitch
Jul 29, 2024
Some of the regular commands in NoSQL do not work.
Uttam Giri - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Network Engineer at First Orion
Jul 29, 2024
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.
Manikandan Gunasekaran - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Engineering at Ola
Nov 13, 2024
From a sales pitch standpoint, it needs to deliver on promises of better ROI and compaction.