The distributed database Cassandra users migrate to.

Keep your Cassandra wire protocol. Add ACID transactions, global secondary indexes, and PostgreSQL, all on the same cluster. YugabyteDB is 100% open source under the Apache 2.0 license.

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Multi-Modal

The distributed database Cassandra users migrate to.

The limitations you’ve worked around for years, gone.

DataStax Enterprise was built for a single workload pattern. YugabyteDB is built for the cloud-native era, with ACID, SQL, and Cassandra on a unified core.

Capability	DataStax Enterprise	YugabyteDB
Multi-key ACID transactions	Not supported on Cassandra	Built into YCQL
Global secondary indexes	No global indexes; local indexes risk stale reads	Strongly consistent
PostgreSQL / SQL JOINs	Requires separate RDBMS	YSQL on same cluster
Open source license	Proprietary, per-node	Apache 2.0
Multi-modal (vector, document, search)	Multiple products needed	Unified on one cluster
Cloud lock-in	Locked into IBM roadmap/pricing on Astra	Any cloud, anywhere
Wire-compatible migration	No path to migrate off DSE without application changes	Existing Cassandra drivers

YugabyteDB: delivering Cassandra value plus a modern, AI-Native distributed architecture.

Multi-API

Cassandra-compatible YCQL and PostgreSQL-compatible YSQL on the same distributed cluster.

ACID transactions

Distributed single-key and multi-key ACID transactions built into the core. Strongly consistent by default.

Geo-distribution

Synchronous and asynchronous replication across regions. Data residency controls built in.

Linear scaling

Add nodes, get proportional write throughput. No coordinator hot-spots. No read-repair pauses.

Native indexes

Global secondary indexes and vector indexes. Collapse Solr and Elasticsearch into one database.

Multi-cloud

Run on AWS, Azure, GCP, on-premises, or hybrid. No vendor lock-in. Same database everywhere.

Native security

End-to-end encryption, advanced authentication, and security-first design, included, not add-on.

100% open source

Apache 2.0 license. No phone calls required to scale your cluster. Own your database.

Multiple APIs for Multi-Modal Operations

YugabyteDB combines a log-structured merge storage engine, automatic sharding, per-shard Raft consensus, and distributed ACID transactions. Multiple APIs sit on top, making your workloads portable.

YCQL: Cassandra-compatible

Existing Cassandra drivers connect with no code changes beyond the connection string.

YSQL: PostgreSQL-compatible

Re-uses the PostgreSQL query layer. Full JOINs, foreign keys, integrity constraints.

Oracle and MongoDB-compatible APIs

With more APIs on the way.

>5,000

Cores in production

At Kroger

3×

Better performance

7K operations/sec

<10ms

Database latency

In production at Kroger, on 5,000+ cores serving e-commerce workloads

Four steps with no rewrite required.

Wire compatibility with Cassandra drivers means existing apps connect with minimal changes.

Validate

Run a representative Cassandra keyspace on YugabyteDB. Confirm your existing SLAs are met before committing.

Shadow write

Dual-write from your application or stream via CDC into YugabyteDB running YCQL. Existing drivers connect with no code changes.

Cutover

Promote YugabyteDB to primary. Cassandra wire-compatibility means rollback is just flipping the connection string back if needed.

Consolidate

Migrate SQL-suited workloads onto YSQL on the same cluster. Retire your separate RDBMS. Collapse Solr/Elasticsearch.

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Customer Success Stories

Kroger took the time to convince ourselves that all the features we needed were available from Yugabyte and that it meets our needs. Mahesh Tyagarajan, VP Engineering 5,000+ Cores in production <10ms Database latency

YugabyteDB is a solid technical choice that meets all of our key requirements, including massive scale, high performance, low latency reads, and cloud native out-of-the-box. James Hartig, Co-Founder 3× Better Performance 7K Operations per second

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Common questions about
migrating from DataStax.

Do I have to rewrite my Cassandra application?

No. YugabyteDB’s YCQL is wire-compatible with Apache Cassandra, so your existing Cassandra drivers connect with no application code changes beyond the connection string. Schemas, CQL statements, and integrations continue to work.

How is YugabyteDB different from DataStax Enterprise?

YugabyteDB is 100% open source under Apache 2.0 and combines Cassandra-compatible (YCQL) and PostgreSQL-compatible (YSQL) APIs on a single distributed cluster. It adds multi-key ACID transactions and globally consistent secondary indexes, features Cassandra and DataStax don’t natively offer.

What about pricing and licensing?

YugabyteDB is open source under Apache 2.0 with no per-node licensing fees. Commercial offerings include YugabyteDB Aeon (fully managed DBaaS) and YugabyteDB Anywhere (self-managed DBaaS), both available with support contracts.

How does it compare to Cassandra on performance?

In published YCSB benchmarks at 10M keys, YugabyteDB outperforms Apache Cassandra on both throughput and tail latency, and the margin widens with data density.

Can I run it on any cloud?

Yes. YugabyteDB runs on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, on-premises, in Kubernetes, and in hybrid configurations. The same database binary runs everywhere, with no cloud lock-in, unlike DataStax Astra.

What modernization and migration tools are available?

YugabyteDB Voyager handles schema and data migration from Cassandra and other source databases. For ongoing replication during cutover, CDC and dual-write patterns are supported. Yugabyte’s solution engineers can advise on the migration plan for your specific workload.

Contact our database experts if you have any further questions.

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