Amazon Keyspaces
6.4#4 in wide-column databasesFree planFree planWebAPI
VisitAmazon Keyspaces vs Apache Cassandra
Apache Cassandra
7.7#1 in wide-column databasesFree planFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
VisitWhat both publish
| Fact | Amazon Keyspaces | Apache Cassandra |
|---|---|---|
| Integrations | The service integrates with Amazon CloudWatch for performance metrics and supports streaming changes to Amazon OpenSearch Service. | The ecosystem page lists connectors and tools for Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, and Kubernetes. |
| Product | Amazon Keyspaces is a scalable, highly available, managed Apache Cassandra-compatible database service. | Apache Cassandra is an open source NoSQL distributed database. |
Amazon Keyspaces plans
- On-demand capacity—
- Provisioned capacity—
- AWS Free TierFree
- Database Savings Plans—
- Amazon Keyspaces — on-demand capacityPriced on request
- Amazon Keyspaces — provisioned capacityPriced on request
Apache Cassandra plans
- Apache CassandraFree
Pick Amazon Keyspaces if…
It suits teams building Cassandra-compatible applications, including low-latency services, IoT data systems, game player profiles, or time-series workloads. It may also fit teams migrating Cassandra workloads that want a managed service.
Pick Apache Cassandra if…
Cassandra suits teams managing large, active datasets that need a self-managed distributed database across on-premises or cloud environments. It may also fit workloads needing data-center replication and configurable query consistency.