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We use Astra DB to improve our management systems. Storing data has become hassle-free and quite simple. When launching a Cassandra-based cloud application, Astra DB is exactly what you need. In addition to the standard training programs and videos, the extended support and training require significant additional effort to activate and cover which I feel is a bit more tedious task.Incentivized
Although Google Cloud SQL has room for improvement by addressing a minor lack of features, its features and services keep it high among other SQL database products. It is very fast compared to others. Since it is cloud-based, maintenance is also easier. Integration capabilities are also more than expected.Incentivized
It's very resilient and scalable, no downtime and no issues scaling up to meet our needs.Low latency reads and writesCost effective - The on demand model worked out cheaper than running our own clustersGreat support for any of our questions or issuesIncentivized
Highly scalable without worrying about sudden transaction explosion during peak hours.Highly available with multiple geographical locations and regions for nearly 0 downtime to the users.Extremely reliable and responsive for high latency applications due to superb networking at the core.Incentivized
Need better fine-grained Security options.The support team sometimes requires the escalate button pressed on tickets, to get timely responses. I will say, once the ticket is escalated, action is taken.They require better documentation on the migration of data. The three primary methods for migrating large data volumes are bulk, Cassandra Data Migrator, and ZDM (Zero Downtime Migration Utility). Over time I have become very familiar will all three of these methods; however, through working with the Services team and the support team, it seemed like we were breaking new ground. I feel if the utilities were better documented and included some examples and/or use cases from large data migrations; this process would have been easier. One lesson learned is you likely need to migrate your application servers to the same cloud provider you host Astra on; otherwise, the latency is too large for latency-sensitive applications.Incentivized
Increasing support for more database engines may enable a wider range of application needs to be met.Implementing and updating cutting-edge security features on a constant basis.Streamlining and enhancing the tools for transferring data to Google Cloud SQL from on-premises databases or other cloud providers.
It's a great product but suffers with counters. This isn't a deal breaker but lets down what is otherwise a good all round solution Incentivized
On demand scalability helps us provision extra resources as per our requirement and load on the application. Reduced cost due to fully managed services and no need to manage underlying infrastructure which reduced time of patching and maintaining underlying infrastructure. Easy to configure as per application requirements. Supports monitoring which is not available in custom hosted database instance on own computing infrastructureIncentivized
Their response time is fast, in case you do not contact them during business hours, they give a very good follow-up to your case. They also facilitate video calls if necessary for debugging.Incentivized
GCP support in general requires a support agreement. For small organizations like us, this is not affordable or reasonable. It would help if Google had a support mechanism for smaller organizations. It was a steep learning curve for us because this was our first entry into the cloud database world. Better documentation also would have helped.Incentivized
We know Astra is built on Cassandra / Kubernetes / Stargate and can work on any cloud. The competitors we reviewed are cloud specific and create a lock in. We also have the option to run Cassandra / Stargate ourselves if we wanted to. The competitors don’t give that option Incentivized
Google SQL was great as a first SQL provision. It quickly enabled the apps to be built and scaled as needed for a while. It was robust and adaptable as needed and easy to export as needed when ready, depending on growth. Cost-wise, it's a good choice and requires little investment to get going.Incentivized
As per my experience, I never faced issues of scalability with Astra DB. We don't have at the moment a use case with millions of requests or users, so I can't give full score because of my limited use case.Incentivized
The high availability capabilities of Astra DB can assist in reducing downtime, which is crucial for revenue-generating applications.The developer-friendly features of Astra DB, as well as support for known query languages, can help expedite development, save development time, and minimize labor costs. This can result in a shorter time to market and a higher ROI.Incentivized
With managed database system, it has given us near 100% data availabilityIt has also improved web layer experience with faster processing and authentication using database fieldsGoogle Cloud SQL also gels up well with Google Analytics and other analytics systems for us to join up different data points and process them for deeper dives and analysisIncentivized