ScyllaDB Enterprise
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Open-Source ScyllaDB with Flexible, Kubernetes-Friendly Deployment
What do you like best about the product?
ScyllaDB is open source and can be deployed independently without any license. Its cluster can also be managed with Kubernetes.
What do you dislike about the product?
ScyllaDB doesn’t offer a self-managed service on any of the major cloud providers.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is being used in Analytics for a customer complaints dashboard, which pulls large-volume data from ScyllaDB so we can view key data points in the dashboard UI.
Predictable Performance, Easy Management
What do you like best about the product?
I am currently learning about ScyllaDB for use in a server environment for data storage. I like that it's easy to manage and that it delivers low latency and high performance even under heavy workloads. ScyllaDB stands out because it is built to stay fast and predictable at scale, not only in ideal conditions but also under real pressure. The initial setup of ScyllaDB was absolutely perfect.
What do you dislike about the product?
Since I'm still early in learning ScyllaDB, there are a few areas where I would definitely want more depth and clarity as I go further. Like understanding how to properly design tables for high performance workload.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
ScyllaDB solves challenges related to performance, scalability, and reliability. It provides low-latency data access and handles high workloads efficiently.
High-Performance with Cost Efficiency, Yet Needs Better Monitoring Support
What do you like best about the product?
I like ScyllaDB for its significant cost savings and compatibility with Cassandra. The operational simplicity and robust ecosystem make it efficient to use. I value the high performance on fewer nodes, which reduces infrastructure costs due to CPU optimization and the ability to work with smaller clusters. The auto-tuning and self-optimization features help cut down on manual DBA overhead. I also appreciate the strong community and OEM support, which reduce downtime risks and facilitate adoption across production environments. Additionally, I found the initial setup to be very easy, especially with managed services, and the process is familiar for Cassandra users but simplified for new users, particularly with automated tuning scripts.
What do you dislike about the product?
The learning curve around the shard-per-core architecture and tuning is steep for new team members who are not familiar with it. Monitoring integration and developer SDK still lag behind other databases like Cassandra. Although ScyllaDB's native monitoring stack with Prometheus and Grafana works well, it requires manual setup and configuration compared to managed DB services like Azure and AWS, and using popular observability tools like New Relic or DataDog with pre-built alerting templates for common failures would be much better than having to write numerous queries in Prometheus.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
ScyllaDB helps me overcome scaling bottlenecks, reduce high operational costs, and manage data-intensive applications. Its high performance on fewer nodes optimizes CPU use, saving infrastructure costs. Auto-tuning reduces DBA overhead, while strong community and OEM support minimize downtime risks.
Scalability and Low Latency Champion
What do you like best about the product?
I really appreciate ScyllaDB's scalability, which is the number one thing I like about it. It allows me to combine multiple events and orchestrate between them seamlessly. ScyllaDB handles low latency well, letting me scale up easily, especially with large training datasets involving 100,000 plus people. It also manages real-time workloads efficiently, helping me coordinate multiple events smoothly.
What do you dislike about the product?
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What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
ScyllaDB provides low latency, allowing me to scale easily and handle real-time workloads efficiently. It supports my conversational AI by retrieving data for chat functionality and orchestrating multiple events.
ScyllaDB Delivers Extreme Performance, Low Latency, and Exceptional Scalability
What do you like best about the product?
ScyllaDB are its extreme performance, low latency, and exceptional scalability. It is widely considered a superior, high-performance alternative to Apache Cassandra, often allowing users to handle larger workloads with fewer nodes.
What do you dislike about the product?
the main drawbacks of ScyllaDB revolve around its steep learning curve, operational complexity, and the specialized, high-resource hardware required to achieve its promised performance
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
ScyllaDB solves high-volume data, and, unpredictable,,latency bottlenecks by replacing inefficient Java-based systems (like Cassandra or MongoDB) with a C++ shard-per-core architecture. It provides sub-millisecond, consistent performance at petabyte scale, drastically reducing infrastructure,costs, eliminating manual tuning, and ensuring high,availability
Efficient Data Storage with ScyllaDB's Sharding and Performance
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate ScyllaDB's sharding and native change data capture, which are pretty significant features that stand out for me. The performance is really a big plus, making it faster for me to get to market. These aspects are crucial, especially when dealing with NoSQL data storage.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike the Docker distribution.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
ScyllaDB helps me store NoSQL data efficiently, with features like sharding and native change data capture enhancing performance and speeding up our go-to-market efforts.
Efficient Scaling with Top-Class Compatibility
What do you like best about the product?
I use ScyllaDB for efficient storage. I appreciate its tail latency guarantees and the fact that it scales well beyond my needs, so I don't need to worry about migrating anywhere. I like its compatibility with CQL and the custom extensions that are performance-oriented, such as bypassing the cache for certain queries. I find their Rust driver to be top class for both ScyllaDB and Cassandra, and it's important because latency-sensitive systems are often built in Rust. I also enjoy that the whole ecosystem of tools that works with Cassandra works with ScyllaDB too. The initial setup was easy to follow from the docs.
What do you dislike about the product?
I sometimes wish for more SQL compatibility, like being able to send a complex query that joins multiple tables.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I trust ScyllaDB's tail latency guarantees and its scalability beyond my needs, so I don't need to worry about migrating. It provides efficient storage.
Predictable Performance, Low Latency at Scale with ScyllaDB
What do you like best about the product?
I appreciate ScyllaDB for its predictable low latency at scale, with P99 latency staying in the single-digit millisecond range even under heavy load. I like that we can use fewer nodes while achieving the same or better throughput, which makes our cluster much smaller. The ability to store both our key-value and vector workloads in one database is a big plus, eliminating the need for a separate vector database for RAG and semantic caching. The CQL compatibility is beneficial as it uses the same query language and driver model as Cassandra, easing both migration and hiring. The Shard-per-core-design is a standout feature—it scales performance predictably with core additions, reducing surprises under load and minimizing the need for constant tuning to avoid hotspots or mysterious latency spikes.
What do you dislike about the product?
Vector search is only on ScyllaDB Cloud right now, and we'd like to see it in open-source/self-managed for on-prem and air-gapped use. Data modeling is strict: partition key design and row/partition size really matter, and it's easy to paint yourself into a corner if you don't plan upfront. There's also a learning curve around compaction strategies, consistency levels, and limits (e.g., tables per keyspaces, partition size) that we had to absorb before we felt confident.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
ScyllaDB provides high write throughput and low latency at scale, allowing us to use fewer nodes with predictable performance. It unifies key-value and vector data needs, eliminating the need for separate databases, and facilitates scalable capacity planning with its shard-per-core design.
Fast and Cost-Efficient for Data Streams
What do you like best about the product?
I use ScyllaDB for educational purposes and I'm impressed with its scalability and cost efficiency. The self-serviced infrastructure is a bonus, and I find the 90% consumption utilization feature very cost-efficient. It's also impressively fast on large data stream real-time analysis. The initial setup was quite easy due to the many available resources.
What do you dislike about the product?
I am generally happy with it. Maybe the time it takes to start the cluster could be faster.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
ScyllaDB is scalable, cost-efficient, with self-service infrastructure. The 90% consumption utilization is economical, and it's very fast for real-time analysis of large data streams. It helps me understand data ingestion technologies better.
Effortless Setup, Maximized CPU Utilization
What do you like best about the product?
I like the rolling upgrades, node replacement, and Grafana integrations with the Scylla exporter, as they make it easy to understand the live workings of the system. I also appreciate that ScyllaDB allows the database to fully utilize the CPU, solving CPU core shared issues. The initial setup of ScyllaDB was so easy.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like that the open source is not released after version 5.2.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
ScyllaDB allows our database to fully utilize CPU resources, offering improvements with rolling upgrades, node replacement, and Grafana integration that makes it easy to understand live operations.
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