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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 5, 2025

Cassandra and SingleStore are competing in database management systems. SingleStore shows superiority in performance and scalability based on data comparisons.

Features: Cassandra offers a robust architecture with fault-tolerance, peer-to-peer design, and ensures seamless data distribution across multiple centers. SingleStore provides real-time analytics, in-memory processing, and superior speed with its SQL support and compatibility.

Room for Improvement: Cassandra requires improvements in configuration and setup complexity, query optimization, and is limited by read speed. SingleStore could enhance support for varied data models, reduce licensing costs, and increase integration options with other systems.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SingleStore provides simplified deployment with cloud-native options and responsive support. Cassandra's deployment necessitates more configuration, lacking the ease found with SingleStore, and offers limited customer support.

Pricing and ROI: Cassandra's open-source model minimizes initial costs and offers an attractive ROI from lower setup expenses. SingleStore's premium pricing is offset by its enhanced performance and scalability, presenting increased long-term ROI potential.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

Cassandra

Ranking in Vector Databases

14th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

NoSQL Databases (4th)

SingleStore

Ranking in Vector Databases

13th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Database as a Service (DBaaS) (7th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Vector Databases category, the mindshare of Cassandra is 1.7%, down from 2.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SingleStore is 1.5%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Q&A Highlights

it_user1272297

Special Adviser Strategy at a university with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 19, 2020

Which is the best RDMBS solution for big data?

I haven't used SQream personally. However, if you are only considering GPU based rdbms's please check the following https://hackernoon.com/which-gpu-database-is-right-for-me-6ceef6a17505

Well-equipped to handle a massive influx of data and billions of requests

Featured Reviews

Himanshu Amodwala

Senior cloud solution architect at Microsoft

The use of Cassandra in real-time data analytics has been pivotal for our e-commerce platform. As our platform operates 24/7, providing services to sellers and customers alike, the need for real-time updates is paramount. For instance, when a customer leaves comments or feedback on an image, they anticipate an immediate reflection of these changes on the portal. Similarly, sellers altering product attributes or updating images expect instant visibility of these modifications. Handling large data volumes with Cassandra has been an excellent experience. Despite challenges related to the influx, these were not attributed to Cassandra itself but rather to middle-layer issues. Generally, it demonstrated scalability with workloads, thanks to its horizontal scaling capabilities. We could easily add new nodes to the system as needed, ensuring the platform coped well with increasing loads. The tool's most beneficial feature for scalability is its entire architecture. The absence of a single point of failure or a leader within the ecosystem contributes to its robust scalability. This key aspect influenced our decision to opt for the Cassandra ecosystem. In terms of performance, it demonstrated the ability to handle approximately 1.6 billion requests per day. This was achieved on AWS using EC2 instances, and it was during a period about four to five years ago.

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Hitesh Kunchakuri

Associate Consultant at University of California at Davis

A reasonably priced product that offers good speed and seamless support

Currently, I can't think of any areas that require improvement because SingleStore was recently launched in the market. The product can be developed further to provide more appropriate output to users as it is one of the areas where there are shortcomings. The current SingleStore model provides output based on the RANK function. If a user searches for a liquor bottle, then with all the data the product has, it will search for the liquor bottle in the data, and based on a match, the product has an algorithm to rank the product because of which the paragraph that has the best match will be ranked as a 100, the next one as 99, following which the next product will be ranked as 98 and so on. The output from the solution will fetch you all the 100 products that are available in a store, but sometimes a user might require a product with a 97 or 98 percent match from the DB, meaning the product doesn't always work to provide a 100 percent match, an area I feel that can be optimized in the product. Currently, SingleStore's features are excellent as it can read documents, images, and everything. The product works seamlessly for me.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Its retrieval is similar to an RDBMS, so our team finds it easy to adapt."

"A consistent solution."

"Cassandra is good. It's better than CouchDB, and we are using it in parallel with CouchDB. Cassandra looks better and is more user-friendly."

"I'd rate the solution ten out of ten."

"The use of Cassandra in real-time data analytics has been pivotal for our e-commerce platform. As our platform operates 24/7, providing services to sellers and customers alike, the need for real-time updates is paramount."

"We can add almost one million columns to the solution."

"Overall, I would rate Cassandra as nine because of its fast writes, which really suit our use cases mostly."

"Some of the valued features of this solution are it has good performance and failover."

More Cassandra pros

"The product's initial setup phase was pretty straightforward, with no complex processes."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to create pipelines, streamline and extract data from the pipelines."

"The ability to store data in memory is a standout feature, enhanced by robust failover mechanisms."

"MemSQL supports the MySQL protocol, and many functions are similar, so the learning curve is very short."

"The product can automatically reinstall and reconfigure in case of a shutdown."

"The paramount advantage is the exceptional speed."

"It's a distributed relational database, so it does not have a single server, it has multiple servers. Its architecture itself is fast because it has multiple nodes to distribute the workload and process large amounts of data."

Cons

"The solution doesn't have joins between tables so you need other tools for that."

"The secondary index in Cassandra was a bit problematic and could be improved."

"The solution is not easy to use because it is a big database and you have to learn the interface. This is the case though in most of these solutions."

"The solution is limited to a linear performance."

"Fine-tuning was a bit of a challenge."

"It can be difficult to analyze what's going on inside of the database relative to other databases. It can also be difficult to troubleshoot sometimes."

"Cassandra can improve by adding more built-in tools. For example, if you want to do some maintenance activities in the cluster, we have to depend on third-party tools. Having these tools build-in would be e benefit."

"There were challenges with the query language and the development interface. The query language, in particular, could be improved for better optimization. These challenges were encountered while using the Java SDK."

More Cassandra cons

"We don't get good discounts in Pakistan."

"It is not the optimal choice for direct data collection through queries, and it's more suited for aggregation tasks."

"The product can be developed further to provide more appropriate output to users as it is one of the areas where there are shortcomings."

"There should be more pipelines available because I think that if MemSQL can connect to other services, that would be great."

"Having the ability to migrate servers using a single command would be extremely beneficial."

"For new customers, it's very tough to start. Their documentation isn't organized, and there's no online training available. SingleStore is working on it, but that's a major drawback."

"Poor key distribution can significantly impact performance, requiring a backward approach in design rather than adding tables incrementally."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"There are licensing fees that must be paid, but I'm not sure if they are paid monthly or yearly."

"Cassandra is a free open source solution, but there is a commercial version available called DataStax Enterprise."

"We pay for a license."

"We are using the open-source version of Cassandra, the solution is free."

"I don't have the specific numbers on pricing, but it was fairly priced."

"I use the tool's open-source version."

"I would advise users to try the free 128GB version."

"The price of the product is okay compared to the other available solutions in the market. SingleStore is a reasonably priced product, considering the functions it offers."

"Using it for analytical purposes can be cost-effective in the long run, especially in terms of infrastructure."

"The product's licensing is not expensive. It is comparable."

"They have two main options: cloud installation and bare-metal installation, each with different pricing models."

"SingleStore is a bit expensive."

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Answers from the Community

it_user1272297

Special Adviser Strategy at a university with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 19, 2020

Which is the best RDMBS solution for big data?

I haven't used SQream personally. However, if you are only considering GPU based rdbms's please check the following https://hackernoon.com/which-gpu-database-is-right-for-me-6ceef6a17505

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Russell Rothstein

CEO at PeerSpot

Jan 27, 2020

Morten, the most popular comparisons of SQream can be found here: https://www.itcentralstation.com/products/sqream-db-alternatives-and-competitors The top ones include Cassandra, MemSQL, MongoDB, and Vertica.

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reviewer1219965

Data Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Jan 27, 2020

I haven't used SQream personally. However, if you are only considering GPU based rdbms's please check the following https://hackernoon.com/which-gpu-database-is-right-for-me-6ceef6a17505

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Financial Services Firm

19%

Computer Software Company

14%

Healthcare Company

University

Financial Services Firm

33%

Computer Software Company

13%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cassandra?

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cassandra?

For us, the key component on the developer side is that it's very easy. We are doing so instead of managing servers, we have used our on-premise installations. The cost for us is negligible.

What needs improvement with Cassandra?

We found some issues with the batch inserts when the data volume is large. Batch insertion is needed when I want to insert a million records at a time. We have some settings for batch inserting com...

What do you like most about SingleStore DB?

The paramount advantage is the exceptional speed.

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SingleStore DB?

Using it for analytical purposes can be cost-effective in the long run, especially in terms of infrastructure. While building an on-premise cluster incurs an initial cost for servers with ample RAM...

What needs improvement with SingleStore DB?

There's a noteworthy consideration when it comes to collecting massive amounts of data. It is not the optimal choice for direct data collection through queries, and it's more suited for aggregation...

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Overview

Cassandra is a distributed and scalable database management system used for real-time data processing.

It is highly valued for its ability to handle large amounts of data, scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, and flexible data model.

It is commonly used in finance, e-commerce, and social media industries.

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SingleStore enables organizations to scale from one to one million customers, handling SQL, JSON, full text and vector workloads — all in one unified platform.

Sample Customers

1. Apple 2. Netflix 3. Facebook 4. Instagram 5. Twitter 6. eBay 7. Spotify 8. Uber 9. Airbnb 10. Adobe 11. Cisco 12. IBM 13. Microsoft 14. Yahoo 15. Reddit 16. Pinterest 17. Salesforce 18. LinkedIn 19. Hulu 20. Airbnb 21. Walmart 22. Target 23. Sony 24. Intel 25. Cisco 26. HP 27. Oracle 28. SAP 29. GE 30. Siemens 31. Volkswagen 32. Toyota

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