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Apache Cassandra vs Azure Table Storage

Apache Cassandra

cassandra.apache.org

Azure Table Storage

azure.microsoft.com

Side by side

FigureApache CassandraAzure Table Storage
Price fromFree—
Free planYes—
Free trial—Yes
Open sourceYes—
WebYes—
WindowsYes—
macOSYes—
LinuxYes—
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYes—
Plans published21
Spec score · Wide-Column Databases8.9 (#1)7.4 (#9)
ReplicationCassandra supports replication across multiple data centers and configurable consistency levels for queries.Microsoft says geo-redundant storage replicates data three times within a region and three additional times in another region.

Plans

Apache Cassandra

  • Apache CassandraFree
  • Apache CassandraFree

Apache Cassandra pricing →

Azure Table Storage

  • Azure Table Storage pay-as-you-goPrice not published

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In their own words

Apache Cassandra

Apache Cassandra is a free, open-source NoSQL distributed database for mission-critical data and large active datasets. Its masterless architecture gives each node the same functionality. The project says read and write throughput can grow linearly as machines are added, without downtime or application interruption. Cassandra can run on premises, with one cloud provider, across multiple providers, or in a combination of those environments. It supports replication across data centers and configurable consistency levels for queries, along with CQL, transactions, and horizontal scaling. The project lists audit logging for DML, DDL, and DCL activity, and fqltool for recording and replaying production workloads. Drivers are available for Java, Go, Python, and Node.js; downloads include tarballs and packages, and installation guidance covers Debian and RPM. The ecosystem includes tools and connectors for Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, and Kubernetes. The project identifies version 5.0 as the latest GA release and says it is maintained until the 8.0 release. Cassandra is self-managed, and listed third-party ecosystem projects are not supported by its community.

Visit cassandra.apache.org

Azure Table Storage

Azure Table Storage has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

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