YDB is an open-source distributed database for transactional workloads requiring high availability, horizontal scaling, and strong consistency. It supports distributed SQL, key-value access, and integrations for cloud-native applications.
💡 Pick it for a more mature distributed SQL experience with PostgreSQL compatibility and strong multi-region tooling.
CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database that provides global scale, resiliency, and consistency.
Free to start, pricing based on usage
💡 Choose it when you need distributed SQL with PostgreSQL compatibility and a broader commercial ecosystem.
YugabyteDB is a high-performance distributed SQL database for global, internet-scale applications.
Free community edition, enterprise pricing available
💡 Pick it for MySQL compatibility and combined transactional and analytical workloads at scale.
TiDB is an open-source distributed SQL database compatible with the MySQL protocol. It targets large-scale transactional and analytical workloads through separate storage...
Free self-hosted; TiDB Cloud usage-based
💡 Choose it when you want AWS-managed key-value scaling without operating a distributed database cluster.
DynamoDB is a managed NoSQL database service provided by Amazon Web Services, offering seamless scalability and low latency.
Pay as you go pricing
💡 Pick it for massive write-heavy workloads where wide-column access patterns matter more than distributed SQL.
Apache Cassandra is a distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high...
Open-source
💡 Choose it for Cassandra-compatible workloads where predictable low latency and high throughput are priorities.
ScyllaDB is a highly performant, open-source distributed NoSQL database that is fully compatible with Apache Cassandra, offering low latency and high throughput.
Open-source, Enterprise pricing
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