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    DataStax Astra DB

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    DataStax delivers the real-time vector data that Gen AI apps need, with seamless integration to AWS.
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    DataStax Astra DB

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    Overview

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    Astra DB from DataStax is the vector database for developers that need to get accurate Generative AI applications into production, fast.

    Astra DB gives you elegant APIs, powerful data pipelines and complete ecosystem integrations to quickly build Gen AI applications on your real-time data for more accurate AI that you can deploy in production.

    Built on Apache Cassandra, Astra DB is the only vector database that can make vector updates immediately available to applications and scale to the largest real-time data and streaming workloads, securely on AWS.

    Astra DB delivers:

    • Up to 18% more relevant vector search results
    • 8X to 15X higher throughput
    • Request responses to up to 12X faster
    • Ultra low latency on billions of vectors

    Powered by Apache Cassandra, Astra DB makes all data, including vectors, available immediately with ZERO delay.

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    • Up to 18% more relevant vector search results and 8X to 15X higher throughput
    • Request responses to up to 12X faster and ultra low latency on billions of vectors
    • For custom pricing and annual commitments, please contact cloud@datastax.com

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    DataStax Astra DB

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    DataStax Astra DB includes 1 free 'Standard' support ticket at no additional cost with an option to upgrade to 'Standard' support with an 8 hour SLA. The same engineers that brought you Astra DB will help you throughout your entire application lifecycle. You can ask Astra and Cassandra experts any number of questions, and they will be with you 24 x 365, globally to help you in your journey. If you require higher support SLA's, please reach out to support@datastax.com 

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    AI generated from product descriptions
    Vector Database
    Astra DB is a vector database built on Apache Cassandra that can handle real-time data and streaming workloads at scale on AWS.
    Throughput and Latency
    Astra DB delivers up to 8X to 15X higher throughput and request responses up to 12X faster with ultra-low latency on billions of vectors.
    Relevance of Vector Search
    Astra DB can provide up to 18% more relevant vector search results.
    Immediate Data Availability
    Powered by Apache Cassandra, Astra DB makes all data, including vectors, available immediately with zero delay.
    Ecosystem Integrations
    Astra DB provides powerful data pipelines and complete ecosystem integrations to quickly build Generative AI applications on real-time data.
    Secure Database
    Leverages built-in security features across the entire deployment to ensure compliance with regulations such as HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS, protecting data with robust security measures.
    Integrated Vector Search
    Provides native vector search capabilities embedded in the operational database, simplifying the implementation of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns that work with Large Language Models (LLM) and your own data to generate more accurate responses.
    Managed Device Synchronization
    Offers a fully managed, device-to-cloud synchronization solution called Atlas Device Sync, which empowers teams to build better mobile apps faster and easier.
    Vector Database
    Stores, indexes, and searches billions of vector embeddings to power RAG, semantic search, recommender systems, anomaly detection, and more
    Scalability
    Designed to manage billions of embeddings with guaranteed scalability
    Integration
    Allows for easy integration with vectorizers from OpenAI, Cohere, HuggingFace, and other popular models
    Performance
    Processes billions of vector data 10x faster than any other solution
    Feature Set
    Provides rich feature sets including sparse & dense embeddings, filtering, range search, and more for high-quality search

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    Tim F.

    DataStax has enabled us to build out game-changing features in our product

    Reviewed on Feb 11, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    DataStax offers next-level customer support with a great product. The team is always available and eager to help. Astra DB has allowed us to build out some pretty unique features that our customers are loving. I'd recommend their tech to anyone building an AI-first company.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    We have not had any issues. The DataStax team and product have been great.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    We're using DataStax's products to enhance our ability to offer a unique and customizable experience with our product. Without going into our IP too much, DataStax has enabled some key features that have helped us to stay meaningfully differentiated.
    Information Technology and Services

    Best Vector DB in the market

    Reviewed on Jan 15, 2025
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Advanced vector search capabilities, real-time processing, and fully managed database services.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Overall the experience was good while leveraging Datastax Astra DB.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Managing vast volumes of unstructured data across domains required a database solution capable of handling high-throughput, low-latency queries while ensuring data relevance and accuracy.
    Computer Software

    Seamless communication between your app & cassandra

    Reviewed on Dec 20, 2024
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Simplified database operations with builtin support for query execution.
    DataStax's QueryBuilder API can handle diverse types of queries
    What do you dislike about the product?
    Learning curve can be steep because of their long list of Query APIs.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Datastax help overcome the complexity of handling distributed database systems like cassandra.
    The drivers can efficiently interact with cassandra without compromising on latency and HA
    Baraar Sreesha S.

    Started with comparison, but ended up using it for for my MVP

    Reviewed on Nov 14, 2024
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    I would really stress on the Simplicity, when compared to other vectorstores I really liked the astradb and Langflow as well where I played around rag for my MVP and I was the one to introduce the langflow in my team
    What do you dislike about the product?
    DataStax has a steep learning curve and high costs.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    For rag basically and also used it to compare it with other databases
    Marius N.

    A perfect technology partner to build AI applications

    Reviewed on Oct 28, 2024
    Review provided by G2
    What do you like best about the product?
    Astra's Vector capabilites is one of the foundations of our product. From vectorising product catalogues and partner data to searching complex queries, in real-time, on unstructured data, it's an incredibly powerful tool.

    When working with larger brands it's imperative that we're enterprise-ready, that our models are fully customizable and can be hosted in partner environments - something which DataStax allows us to do.

    Finally, the team at DataStax are just awesome. They have been supportive from day 1, supporting us from MVP to enterprise-ready software. The team do an amazing job at ensuring the tech is up to date and providing us with great support whenever we need it.
    What do you dislike about the product?
    There isn't much to dislike about DataStax. The team and product is brilliant.
    What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
    Vexctorising unstructured data and providing large customers with an enterprise-ready solution.
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