NoSQL Databases · Reviewed 21 Oct 2026

ScyllaDB X Cloud

Fully managed NoSQL database for high-throughput, low-latency data-intensive applications.

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ScyllaDB X Cloud at a glance

Overview

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Summary

The useful answer before the supporting detail.

ScyllaDB X Cloud is a fully managed NoSQL database service built on ScyllaDB, designed for data-intensive applications that require high throughput and predictable low latency S1. It is used by teams running real-time workloads such as media streaming, AI/ML feature stores, fraud detection, and IoT, who need to offload database management tasks like monitoring, upgrades, and backups S14. The service provides architectural enhancements for flexibility and cost control, with the ability to scale from 100K to 2M operations per second in minutes S14.

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Product identity and positioning

Name, category, positioning, audience, and first-party claims.

  • Identity: ScyllaDB X Cloud is a fully managed NoSQL database-as-a-service (DBaaS) from ScyllaDB S14.
  • Core purpose: It solves the problem of operating high-throughput, low-latency databases by offloading management tasks S14.
  • Intended users: Teams building data-intensive applications that require predictable performance at scale S1.
  • Product scope: It is a cloud service, distinct from the self-managed ScyllaDB open-source or enterprise products S14.
  • Positioning: Positioned as a fully managed service with architectural enhancements for flexibility and lower cost S14.
  • Claimed distinction: Claims near real-time scaling and predictable pricing S14.
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Use cases and audiences

Who the product serves and the jobs it is designed to handle.

AudiencePractical use case
Media streaming platformsPower low-latency, high-throughput applications like media streaming S14.
AI/ML teamsServe as a feature store for AI/ML pipelines, enabling fast vector search and feature retrieval S16.
Fraud detection systemsHandle high-throughput, low-latency workloads for fraud detection S14.
Social media companiesSupport real-time content recommendation and personalization S16.
IoT platformsManage high-ingress data streams from IoT devices S14.

Features

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Features and capabilities

Core functions and evidence-backed product capabilities.

CapabilityWhat it does
Fully managed operationsOffloads monitoring, upgrades, backups, restores, and repairs to ScyllaDB Cloud S14.
Near real-time scalingScale from 100K to 2M operations per second in minutes, avoiding premature scale-out S14.
Multi-cloud deploymentDeploy in the majority of commercially available AWS and GCP regions S14.
Security featuresIncorporates robust NoSQL DBaaS security features to protect data at multiple levels S14.
API compatibilitySupports CQL and DynamoDB-compatible APIs, enabling switch without rewriting apps S16.
Integration optionsPlug-n-play with REST-API, Terraform, VPC peering, and gateways S14.
Cost flexibilityFlex Credit provides on-demand pricing at a lower cost via annual commitment S14.
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Integrations and ecosystem

Connected products, exports, APIs, and workflow compatibility.

Integration or interfaceTypeWhat it enables
CQL APIAPIAllows applications using Cassandra Query Language to connect without rewriting S16.
DynamoDB-compatible API (Alternator)APIEnables applications built for DynamoDB to run on ScyllaDB S1.
REST APIAPIProvides programmatic access to manage and interact with the database S14.
TerraformIntegrationEnables infrastructure-as-code provisioning of ScyllaDB X Cloud resources S14.
VPC peering and gatewaysIntegrationAllows secure network connectivity between customer VPCs and ScyllaDB Cloud S14.
ScyllaDB ManagerToolProvides automated cluster management for ScyllaDB S20.
ScyllaDB Monitoring StackToolOffers observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki S20.
ScyllaDB OperatorToolEnables running and managing ScyllaDB via Kubernetes S20.

Pricing

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Pricing and plans

Published plans, free access, trials, credits, and pricing limitations.

Plan or offerVerified price and billingIncludedLimits
StandardNot published; calculator-based per instance S27AWS and GCP, 99.99% SLA, 8x5 support S27Not established
ProfessionalContact sales; quote per instance S27Bring your own account, multi-region S27Not established
PremiumContact sales; quote per instance S27Own encryption key, Private Link S27Not established
Developer Free TrialFree 30-day trial on small instances (e.g., AWS t3.micro) S175Explore CQL interface and build prototypes S175One free trial per account S14

Competition

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Competitive landscape

Domains competing for the same organic search demand.

Sampled competitors

CompetitorFirst-page appearancesSampled queriesAverage positionQueries observed
cloud.google.com224.5big data and database, big data database
datascience.stackexchange.com225big data and database, big data database
informationweek.com111big data and database
cacm.acm.org111big data database
veraqor.io112big data and database
microsoft.com113big data and database
reddit.com113big data database
dbta.com114big data database
snowflake.com115big data and database
azure.microsoft.com115big data database

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Customers, testimonials, and first-party review claims

No supporting public-page evidence was collected for this category.

Independent review sources discovered

No links to supported independent review platforms were discovered on the collected pages.

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AI visibility

Measured ChatGPT and Google AI mentions with cited sources.

AI-assistant referral traffic

  • Estimated current generative-AI referral share: 0.5%
MonthSource
—All AI assistants

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Site-stated AI capabilities

Page typeEvidenceSource
otherGet unbreakable low-latency, high-throughput performance for massive AI workloads — from million-OPS feature stores to billion-scale vector search.https://www.scylladb.com/
otherScyllaDB for Real-Time AIhttps://www.scylladb.com/
otherAI breaks databases. ScyllaDB is purpose-built for what’s next.https://www.scylladb.com/
otherGet unbreakable low-latency, high-throughput performance for your most massive AI workloads — from million-OPS feature stores to billion-scale vector search.https://www.scylladb.com/
featuresBest when vector search is a core application function and data freshness matters for accurate AI context.https://www.scylladb.com/product/
featuresReal-Time AIhttps://www.scylladb.com/industry-solutions/
featuresScyllaDB powers real-time AI with low latency, high throughput, and billion-scale data.https://www.scylladb.com/industry-solutions/
featuresLearn Morehttps://www.scylladb.com/industry-solutions/
featuresScyllaDB Vector Search Scale Real-Time AIhttps://www.scylladb.com/industry-solutions/
featuresReal-Time AIhttps://www.scylladb.com/product/
featuresScyllaDB powers real-time AI with low latency, high throughput, and billion-scale data.https://www.scylladb.com/product/
featuresLearn Morehttps://www.scylladb.com/product/
featuresScyllaDB Vector Search Scale Real-Time AIhttps://www.scylladb.com/product/
featuresReal-Time AIhttps://www.scylladb.com/product-comparison/
featuresScyllaDB powers real-time AI with low latency, high throughput, and billion-scale data.https://www.scylladb.com/product-comparison/
featuresLearn Morehttps://www.scylladb.com/product-comparison/
featuresScyllaDB Vector Search Scale Real-Time AIhttps://www.scylladb.com/product-comparison/
featuresReal-Time AIhttps://www.scylladb.com/product/benchmarks/
featuresScyllaDB powers real-time AI with low latency, high throughput, and billion-scale data.https://www.scylladb.com/product/benchmarks/
featuresLearn Morehttps://www.scylladb.com/product/benchmarks/

These are first-party product claims, not independent measurements of AI-search visibility.

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Marketing opportunities

Actions calculated directly from the collected evidence.

OpportunityRecommended actionEvidence
Competitor gap2 first-page appearances across big data and database, big data database

Website intelligence — Collected evidence

Website evidence gaps

  • integrations: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • customers: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • reviews: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • changes: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • identity: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.
  • technical: no usable public page was collected; verify whether the site publishes this evidence.

Trust and proof

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Customers, proof, and reviews

Published proof, customer signals, and review evidence.

Independent reviews

PlatformPageHow it was foundNote
FeaturedCustomers174 ScyllaDB Customer Reviews & References / FeaturedCustomersGrounded web search174 ScyllaDB Customer Reviews & References / FeaturedCustomers ... # ScyllaDB Read 73 ScyllaDB reviews and testimonials from customers, explore 59 case studies and customer success stories, and watch 42 customer videos to see why companies chose ScyllaDB as their NoSQL Database Software ... Customer Rating Review Score based on 2725 reference ratings 4.8/5.0 (2725)

Customer proof

Proof typeNamed customer or sourceEvidence
Case studyMediaMathcustomer case study — A MediaMath engineer noticed chatter on Reddit about a new technology called ScyllaDB that claimed to be a drop-in replacement for Cassandra. (Case Study: MediaMath Innovates AdTech at Scale with ScyllaDB / ScyllaDB)
Case studyCERNcustomer case study — As part of its evaluation process, CERN conducted a series of performance tests. (Case Study: CERN Optimizes Computing Resources with ScyllaDB / ScyllaDB)
Case studyAllegrocustomer case study — “Whatever we did, ScyllaDB did it faster,” said Allegro system administrator Szymon Szymanski. (Case Study: Allegro Put Scylla to the Test / ScyllaDB)
Case studyFireEyecustomer case study — Based on the technical evaluation, ScyllaDB was a clear winner. (NoSQL Case Study: FireEye / ScyllaDB)
Case studyscylladb.comcustomer case study — datastore. (NoSQL Case Study: Ola Cabs Two Years of Using ScyllaDB in Production / ScyllaDB)

Independent mentions

External links were grounded in one live web search. Search snippets are leads, not independently scraped page content; rejected links remain available in Review evidence.

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Company, security, and trust

Ownership, policies, security signals, and public trust evidence.

SignalFindingSource
Company and ownershipScyllaDB was founded by the team who designed and developed the KVM hypervisor S1.S1
Contact and supportSupport is delivered in English, with expert support for open source and enterprise databases S22.S22
Legal and privacyThe website uses cookies for essential functionality, analytics, personalization, and targeted advertising S1.S1
Security and complianceScyllaDB Cloud incorporates robust security features and offers SOC2, ISO certifications S14 S22.S14 S22
Uptime and status pageScyllaDB Cloud operates under specific SLAs and commitments to its customers S14.S14
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Documentation and product updates

Help resources, product guidance, and visible changes over time.

Resource or updateTypeWhat is availableDate or freshness
Contact and supportSupportPublic contact and support channel. (source)Not dated
Release Notes / ScyllaDBRelease notesRelease Notes for ScyllaDB Software (source)Not dated
NoSQL Database Company for Data Intensive Apps - ScyllaDBProduct updateProduct update is publicly available. (source)Not dated
Pricing information for ScyllaDBProduct updateProduct update is publicly available. (source)Not dated

Not found in the collected public sources: public roadmap, status page, separate help center or knowledge base.

Technical

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Technical and delivery signals

Delivery model, platforms, API, data ownership, reliability claims and release activity.

SignalFindingSource
Delivery model (cloud, self-hosted, desktop, browser extension)ScyllaDB X Cloud is a fully managed database-as-a-service S14.S14
Platforms and appsDeployment is supported in the majority of AWS and GCP regions S14.S14
API and extensibility (API, SDK, webhooks, MCP, plugins)Supports CQL and DynamoDB-compatible APIs, plus REST API and Terraform S16 S14.S16 S14
Data ownership and exportNot published on the collected pages.—
Performance and reliability claimsDesigned for predictable low tail latency at scale, with shard-per-core architecture S16.S16
Release activityScyllaDB supports the current release and one release back for Enterprise and Open Source S114.S114
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Measured infrastructure

Domain, certificate, and hosting signals, measured directly.

SignalFinding
Domain registered2015-07-13 — GoDaddy.com, LLC
Domain expires2030-07-13
First archived2015-09-24 — web archive
TLS certificateLet's Encrypt, valid, expires 2027-01-10
Security headersHSTS, CSP, X-Content-Type-Options, X-Frame-Options, Referrer-Policy
Server headernginx
Mail handled bysmtp.google.com
Nameserversns72.domaincontrol.com, ns71.domaincontrol.com
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Technical site audit

A bounded multi-page crawl with page-level issues and URLs.

Scout — Bounded technical crawl

  • Pages crawled: 15 of 15 maximum
  • Technical health: 96/100
  • Critical issues: 0
  • Warnings: 4
  • Notices: 17

Issues

SeverityIssueValueAffected URL
noticeImages are missing alt text64https://www.scylladb.com/
noticeImages are missing alt text64https://www.scylladb.com/
noticeImages are missing alt text3https://www.scylladb.com/scale-real-time-ai/
noticeImages are missing alt text59https://www.scylladb.com/fit/
noticeImages are missing alt text17https://www.scylladb.com/product/
noticeImages are missing alt text3https://www.scylladb.com/product/scylladb-xcloud/
noticeImages are missing alt text72https://www.scylladb.com/product/scylla-enterprise/
noticeImages are missing alt text18https://www.scylladb.com/vector-search/
noticeImages are missing alt text68https://www.scylladb.com/compare/
noticeImages are missing alt text16https://www.scylladb.com/compare/scylladb-vs-apache-cassandra/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed206https://www.scylladb.com/compare/scylladb-vs-dynamodb/
noticeImages are missing alt text23https://www.scylladb.com/compare/scylladb-vs-dynamodb/
noticeImages are missing alt text10https://www.scylladb.com/compare/scylladb-vs-mongodb/
noticeImages are missing alt text12https://www.scylladb.com/compare/scylladb-vs-aerospike/
noticeMeta description length should be reviewed192https://www.scylladb.com/compare/scylladb-vs-cache/
noticeImages are missing alt text10https://www.scylladb.com/compare/scylladb-vs-cache/
noticeImages are missing alt text8https://www.scylladb.com/product/benchmarks/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.scylladb.com/
warningDuplicate title in audit sample2https://www.scylladb.com/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://www.scylladb.com/
warningDuplicate meta description in audit sample2https://www.scylladb.com/

Crawled pages

StatusTitleH1sWordsResponseURL
200ScyllaDB For Real-Time AI \ScyllaDB172338 ms
200ScyllaDB For Real-Time AI \ScyllaDB172333 ms
200Scale Real-Time AI with ScyllaDB19781,767 mshttps://www.scylladb.com/scale-real-time-ai/
200Fit \ScyllaDB18681,664 ms
200The Real-Time Database for AI \ScyllaDB1191737 ms
200ScyllaDB X Cloud Has Landed111971,487 mshttps://www.scylladb.com/product/scylladb-xcloud/
200ScyllaDB Enterprise \High-Performance Enterprise NoSQL Database114031,624 ms
200Vector Search \ScyllaDB1129311 ms
200Comparing ScyllaDB - ScyllaDB18161,604 mshttps://www.scylladb.com/compare/
200ScyllaDB vs. Apache Cassandra \ScyllaDB139731,783 ms
200ScyllaDB vs. DynamoDB \ScyllaDB123021,770 ms
200ScyllaDB vs. MongoDB \ScyllaDB18791,445 ms
200ScyllaDB vs. Aerospike \ScyllaDB140991,819 ms
200ScyllaDB vs. Cache \ScyllaDB187515 ms
200ScyllaDB \NoSQL Database Benchmarks & Testing189222 ms

This is a bounded Scout crawl. Core Web Vitals and Lighthouse scores are not claimed unless a dedicated performance audit is connected.

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Search Console and Analytics

First-party search and behavioral data connection state.

Modeled acquisition channels

ChannelEstimated share
direct24.7%
search39.3%
search organic37.0%
search paid2.3%
social16.9%
social organic10.5%
social paid6.4%
referrals7.0%
paid referrals4.0%
mail7.6%
gen ai0.5%
affiliate0.0%
other0.0%

First-party connections

IntegrationStatusData available after connection
Google Search ConsoleNot connectedClicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, pages, countries, and devices
Google AnalyticsNot connectedOrganic sessions, engagement, landing pages, conversions, geography, and devices

No first-party Search Console or Analytics numbers are shown until the site owner authorizes the corresponding Google account. Scout traffic model values above are modeled estimates, not private analytics totals.

Limits and method

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Limitations and open questions

Known constraints and missing evidence from the collected pages.

The collected pages do not mention specific competitors. Evidence gaps include lack of detailed pricing information, no explicit data export procedures, and no independent review ratings. Open questions remain about the exact SLA terms and security compliance details beyond mentions of SOC2 and ISO certifications.

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Sources, method, and limitations

Evidence inventory, collection method, provider use, and constraints.

This report is based on 15 collected pages from scylladb.com, including product pages, pricing, support, and company information. The evidence catalog includes 180 items, with sources ranging from official product descriptions to pricing tables. External proof search was enabled but only one request was made, and no external review profiles were scraped. Limitations include potential marketing bias in product descriptions and lack of third-party verification.

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