🆚 Amazon DynamoDB vs. Cassandra

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Database technology
Database technology

About

Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless, NoSQL, fully managed database service that supports key-value and document data models.

Apache Cassandra is an open-source, highly scalable, distributed NoSQL database.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Website

Pricing

Free tier ✔️12 Months Free: 25 GB of data storage + 2.5 million stream read requests + 1 GB of data transfer out
On-Demand capacity
Write Request Unit
(1 unit for each write/2 units for transactional write)
$0.625/million
Read Request Unit
(1 unit for each strongly consistent read/2 units for transactional read)
$0.125/million
Data storage (monthly)
Free tier ✔️First 25 GB
$0.25/GB
Provisioned capacity
Write Capacity Unit
(1 unit for each write per second/2 units for each transactional write per second)
$0.00065
Read Capacity Unit
(1 unit for each strongly consistent read per second, 2 units for transactional read per second)
$0.00013
Data storage (monthly)
Free tier ✔️First 25 GB
$0.25/GB
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Databases › Rank #14
Databases › Rank #13

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Cassandra database technology is as popular as Amazon DynamoDB.
Total websites

Market share

Databases

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Cassandra is more popular in Switzerland, Poland, and Germany, while Amazon DynamoDB is more popular in Japan, Singapore, and Luxembourg.
United States
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Japan
Poland
Singapore
Germany
Spain
Belgium
China

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Cassandra is more popular among sites focused on auctions and classifieds, Internet services, and finance and banking, while Amazon DynamoDB is more commonly used on online shopping, business, and entertainment sites.
Online Shopping
Auctions/Classifieds
Business
Internet Services
Entertainment
Finance/Banking
Personal Network Storage
Software/Hardware
Sports
Restaurants

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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