Distributed Database Benchmarks

ScyllaDB vs. DynamoDB: Comparing Price Performance Across Workloads

How ScyllaDB and DynamoDB cost and latency compare across workloads and pricing models.

Benchmark: Apache Cassandra vs ScyllaDB

See benchmarks on how Cassandra compares ScyllaDB: latencies and throughputs for various workloads, as well as the speed of common admin operations.

Benchmarking for Performance Masterclass

ScyllaDB is No Longer “Just a Faster Cassandra”

Predictable performance isn't just a feature—it's a must for anyone building serious, data-intensive applications at scale. ScyllaDB has often been labeled merely as a faster alternative to Cassandra,

5X to 40X Lower DynamoDB Costs— with Better P99 Latency

How ScyllaDB costs compare with DynamoDB costs under on-demand and provisioned pricing models -- and various workload conditions.

We Compared ScyllaDB and Memcached and… We Lost?

Engineers behind ScyllaDB joined forces with Memcached maintainer dormando for an in-depth look at database and cache internals, and the tradeoffs in each.

New Google Cloud Z3 Instances: Early Performance Benchmarks on ScyllaDB

ScyllaDB had the privilege of testing Google Cloud’s brand new Z3 GCE instances in an early preview. We observed a 23% increase in write throughput, 24% for mixed workloads, and 14% for reads per...

Benchmarking MongoDB vs ScyllaDB: Caching Workload Deep Dive

benchANT's comparison of  ScyllaDB vs MongoDB in terms of throughput, latency, scalability, and cost for a caching workload

Benchmarking MongoDB vs ScyllaDB: Performance, Scalability and Cost

See how MongoDB and ScyllaDB compare on throughout, latency, scalability, and price-performance across various workloads in this third-party benchmark.

ScyllaDB vs. Aerospike: A Comparison

A benchmark that shows how ScyllaDB outperforms Aerospike — using Aerospike’s preferred test method.

ScyllaDB Alternator for Amazon DynamoDB API: Everywhere, Better, More Affordable, All at Once

The session shows how to save costs by moving workloads from Amazon DynamoDB to ScyllaDB Alternator using real-life examples.

Solving the Issue of Mysterious Database Benchmarking Results

Benchmarking is important but also known to be biased, especially in the cloud. Benchant demonstrates how to solve this issue based on a comparative ScyllaDB multi-cloud performance study.

ScyllaDB's Petabyte Benchmark: Millions of Transactions at Single-Digit Millisecond P99

Learn how we configured a petabyte-scale benchmark, results with and without workload prioritization, tips and tricks that might benefit others planning their own petabyte-scale benchmark.

Benchmarking Apache Cassandra (40 Nodes) vs ScyllaDB (4 Nodes)

We benchmarked Apache Cassandra on 40 nodes vs ScyllaDB on just 4 nodes. Read the results to see how they stacked up on throughput, latency, and cost.

CockroachDB vs. ScyllaDB Benchmark

Learn how ScyllaDB and CockroachDB compare using tthe YCSB benchmark.

New AWS Instances Perfect for ScyllaDB

Why 2 new Amazon AWS EC2 instance types – the Intel-based I4i and the Graviton2-based Is4gen and Im4gn series – are perfect for ScyllaDB.

ScyllaDB Cloud vs. Google Cloud Bigtable, Head to Head

How ScyllaDB Cloud is 1/5th the cost of Cloud Bigtable under optimal conditions and performs 26x better w/ real-world, unoptimized data distribution.

ScyllaDB Cloud vs Bigtable

Read benchmarks that compare Scylla Cloud and Bigtable with respect to performance, efficiency, and cost.

Operating at Monstrous New Scales: Benchmarking PB Workloads on ScyllaDB

Learn how we benchmark ScyllaDB at the petabyte level and get tips on how you can achieve smooth and predictable performance at such monstrous scale.

Comparing Apache Cassandra 4.0, 3.0, and ScyllaDB

How does Cassandra 4.0's performance compare to Cassandra 3.11's? What's been fixed in 4.0 and what remains unchanged? Should you upgrade or consider other options?