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ScyllaDB vs Databricks

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For most teams: ScyllaDB edges ahead on our scoring

ScyllaDB

professional
Database & Data Warehousing

High-performance NoSQL database — Cassandra- and DynamoDB-compatible, written in C++ for single-digit-ms latency.

Open-source: free. ScyllaDB Cloud: from ~$300/month. Enterprise on-prem: custom.

Databricks

enterprise
Database & Data Warehousing

Unified analytics platform built on Apache Spark

Pay-per-use; typically $0.10-$0.60+ per DBU

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DatabricksBUY
The data + AI platform — buy if you're building serious workloads

Databricks owns the unified data + AI workload. Lakehouse architecture, Mosaic AI for model training and serving, and the recent push into agents make it the right platform if your organization runs both analytics and ML at scale.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Objective metrics, no spin.

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Rating
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professional✓ Better
Pricing tier
enterprise
steep
Learning curve
steep
1–3 months for production cluster
Setup time
2-6 months
4 listed
Integrations
4 listed
medium, large, enterprise
Best company size
large, enterprise
Top Features
Shard-per-core C++ architecture
CQL and DynamoDB-compatible APIs
Workload prioritization
Incremental compaction
Features
Top Features
Apache Spark
Delta Lake
Collaborative notebooks
MLflow integration
Choose ScyllaDB if...

Apps migrating off Cassandra or DynamoDB to reduce cost and latency, or greenfield workloads needing millions of ops/sec.

Avoid ScyllaDB if...

Small teams without distributed database ops experience — operating a NoSQL cluster at scale is non-trivial.

Choose Databricks if...

For big data processing, machine learning at scale, or unified data + ML platform. Strong for data-intensive analytics.

Avoid Databricks if...

For simple analytics (Snowflake simpler) or if you don't have big data/ML use cases.

Both suited for: large, enterprise companies

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