Compare SingleStore and ScyllaDB on pricing, features, platforms, and ratings — both Databases tools, Usage-based (free tier available) vs Open source core…
At a Glance
SingleStore
ScyllaDB
Primary category
Databases
Databases
Rating
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Pricing model
Usage-based (free tier available)
Open source core with paid Enterprise (self-managed) and fully managed Cloud tiers
Starting price
Free (Shared tier); Standard plans from $0.99 per hour
Free (open source); ScyllaDB Cloud and Enterprise pricing available on request
Free plan
Yes
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Free trial
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Platforms
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Team collaboration
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AI features
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Public API
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Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
SingleStore
Shared — Free Monthly
Standard — From $0.99/hour Usage-based (hourly)
Enterprise — From $1.49/hour Usage-based (hourly)
BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) — Custom pricing Custom
ScyllaDB
Open Source — Free N/A
Enterprise — Custom quote Contact sales
Cloud Standard — Usage-based, contact sales Hourly resource billing
Cloud Professional — Usage-based, contact sales Hourly resource billing
Unifies transactional and analytical workloads in a single database
Free Shared tier lowers the barrier to evaluation
Full ANSI SQL compatibility eases migration from existing systems
Native vector search suits modern AI and RAG use cases
Usage-based pricing scales cost with actual workload size
Cons
Usage-based hourly pricing can become expensive at large scale
Enterprise features (audit logging, PITR) require the higher-priced tier
Recent private equity acquisition (2025) introduces some roadmap uncertainty
Smaller ecosystem and community than long-established databases like PostgreSQL
BYOC and custom enterprise pricing require a sales conversation rather than transparent self-serve pricing
ScyllaDB
Pros
Consistently cited by users as significantly lower latency than Cassandra under heavy load
DynamoDB-compatible API can meaningfully reduce cloud database costs for high-throughput workloads
Free, actively maintained open source edition with no licensing cost for self-managed use
Fully managed Cloud option removes operational burden for teams that do not want to self-host
Drop-in compatibility with existing Cassandra tooling and drivers eases migration
Cons
No public flat-rate pricing for Enterprise or Cloud tiers, requiring a sales conversation to get a quote
Operating a self-managed cluster still requires distributed systems expertise
Smaller ecosystem and third-party tooling compared to long-established Cassandra or DynamoDB
AGPL licensing on the open source edition can raise compliance questions for some organizations
Migrating fully off Cassandra or DynamoDB still requires careful testing despite compatibility layers
Use Cases
SingleStore
Real-time operational dashboards — Teams use SingleStore to power customer-facing and internal dashboards that need fresh data queried with low latency, without a separate ETL step into a warehouse.
AI and retrieval-augmented generation applications — Developers use SingleStore's native vector search alongside relational data to build RAG pipelines and AI-powered search features.
High-throughput transactional workloads — Companies with demanding OLTP requirements use SingleStore to combine transaction processing and analytics in one distributed system.
ScyllaDB
Real-time messaging and notification systems — Applications like chat and notification platforms use ScyllaDB for its ability to sustain very high write throughput with predictable low latency at scale.
Migrating off DynamoDB to control costs — Teams facing high or unpredictable DynamoDB bills use ScyllaDB's Alternator API to move workloads to self-managed or ScyllaDB Cloud infrastructure without a full data layer rewrite.
Replacing Cassandra for lower latency — Organizations running large Cassandra clusters that experience garbage collection pauses or tail latency issues evaluate ScyllaDB as a wire-compatible, lower-latency replacement.