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Cassandra
Cassandra
(35)
4.1 out of 5
Cassandra
By The Apache Software Foundation
MongoDB
MongoDB
(538)
4.5 out of 5
MongoDB
By MongoDB
At a Glance
Cassandra
Cassandra
Star Rating
(35)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.5% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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MongoDB
MongoDB
Star Rating
(538)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (37.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Cassandra vs MongoDB

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found MongoDB easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with MongoDB overall.

  • Reviewers felt that MongoDB meets the needs of their business better than Cassandra.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that MongoDB is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of MongoDB over Cassandra.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Cassandra
No pricing available
MongoDB
No pricing available
Free Trial
Cassandra
No trial information available
MongoDB
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.3
29
8.8
417
Ease of Use
7.8
29
8.6
418
Ease of Setup
8.2
18
8.4
190
Ease of Admin
7.9
16
8.1
177
Quality of Support
7.5
24
8.5
362
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.4
13
8.5
157
Product Direction (% positive)
6.9
26
9.1
399
Features by Category
Key Value DatabasesHide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Availability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Document DatabasesHide 15 FeaturesShow 15 Features
Not enough data
8.5
102
Data Management
Not enough data
8.8
89
Not enough data
8.8
90
Not enough data
8.5
83
Not enough data
8.5
81
Availability
Not enough data
8.2
76
Not enough data
8.3
80
Not enough data
8.6
80
Performance
Not enough data
8.6
84
Security
Not enough data
8.4
82
Not enough data
8.7
86
Not enough data
8.5
81
Not enough data
8.6
79
Support
Not enough data
8.5
79
Not enough data
8.8
82
Not enough data
7.9
68
Wide Column DatabaseHide 8 FeaturesShow 8 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Storage
Not enough data
Not enough data
Scalability
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Wide Column Database
Not enough data
Not enough data
AWS MarketplaceHide 3 FeaturesShow 3 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
NoSQL DatabasesHide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Database Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Cassandra
Cassandra
MongoDB
MongoDB
Cassandra and MongoDB share no categories
Unique Categories
Cassandra
Cassandra is categorized as Wide Column Database and Key Value Databases
MongoDB
MongoDB is categorized as Document Databases and AWS Marketplace
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Cassandra
Cassandra
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
18.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
48.5%
MongoDB
MongoDB
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
37.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
25.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
37.1%
Reviewers' Industry
Cassandra
Cassandra
Information Technology and Services
30.3%
Internet
18.2%
Computer Software
12.1%
Retail
9.1%
Computer & Network Security
6.1%
Other
24.2%
MongoDB
MongoDB
Computer Software
22.6%
Information Technology and Services
20.6%
Internet
5.2%
Financial Services
4.0%
Education Management
3.0%
Other
44.6%
Most Helpful Reviews
Cassandra
Cassandra
Most Helpful Favorable Review
David Timothy S.
DS
David Timothy S.
Verified User in Computer Software

Cassandra runs in a single daemon; there is no complex set of configuration, locking, and other services to get it running. The support for using x.509 certificates and TLS for cluster communication is cloud-friendly (because it doesn't require constant...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Poor performance (suffering from JVM usage), needs a large node count to handle writes (it does not fit well with fewer nodes using larger machines).

MongoDB
MongoDB
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Eddy W.
EW
Eddy W.
Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism

- Ease of use - Easy to become productive - Easy indexing - Easy to install - Query language - Easy to scale - I was able to implement a polyglot solution combining MongoDB and Neo4j, a graphdb. The architecture has not fundamentally changed since...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Manan S.
MS
Manan S.
Verified User in Internet

rs.reconfigs causing unnecessary outages even when they are not supposed to for example removing a dead member from the set

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MongoDB
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Discussions
Cassandra
Cassandra Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Cassandra has no discussions with answers
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MongoDB
MongoDB Discussions
How to make MongoDB to accept joins
2 Comments
Ambreen Z.
AZ
As MongoDB is a document oriented Database. So data is distributed across different nodes and in order to apply joins, a data should be collected on a...Read more
Is MongoDB a software?
2 Comments
Bhanu Pratap S.
BS
It's a platform not moreover a softwareRead more
What is MongoDB used for?
2 Comments
Vivek K.
VK
MongoDB is a NoSQL database, that works on concepts of documents, and collections rather than tables and relations. Read more
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