Amazon SimpleDB vs. Apache Cassandra

Amazon SimpleDB

2 Reviews and Ratings

Apache Cassandra

95 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon SimpleDB	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Amazon SimpleDB is a non-relational data store and service.	$0 per GB allowance
Cassandra	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Cassandra is a no-SQL database from Apache.	N/A

Pricing

Amazon SimpleDB

Cassandra

Machine Utilization: $0.00 for first 25 hours $0.14 per machine hour over 25 hours
per GB allowance
Structured Data Storage: $0.00 for first GB-month $0.25 per GB-month thereafter
per GB allowance
Free Tier: 25 SimpleDB Machine Hours and 1 GB of Storage for free each month
per GB allowance
Data Transfer: All data transfer in is $0.00 per GB
per GB allowance

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Pricing Offerings
Amazon SimpleDB	Cassandra
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Features

Amazon SimpleDB

Cassandra

Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Amazon SimpleDB and Apache Cassandra
Feature	Amazon SimpleDB - Ratings	Apache Cassandra 8.0 5 Ratings
Performance	00 Ratings	8.55 Ratings
Availability	00 Ratings	8.85 Ratings
Concurrency	00 Ratings	7.65 Ratings
Security	00 Ratings	8.05 Ratings
Scalability	00 Ratings	9.55 Ratings
Data model flexibility	00 Ratings	6.75 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility	00 Ratings	7.05 Ratings

User Ratings
	Amazon SimpleDB	Cassandra
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (1 ratings)	6.0 (16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	8.6 (16 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (1 ratings)