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A great wingman for fast-flying applications
March 22, 2023

A great wingman for fast-flying applications

Henning Kosmack | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Astra DB

We are using Astra DB for our mission critical database. We use to host our own Cassandra database but were happy to learn, that somebody can do that for us. Our database comprises of millions of users and their data from the game. The database needs to scale quickly, be reliable and fast. The entertainment sector is very time-sensitive.
  • Scale up and down
  • Fast
  • Reliable
  • The payment via pre-purchased credits is a bit counter-intuitive, but obviously just a small thing
  • Before moving to Astra DB, we sometimes had issues with our databases, which was frustrating for our users.
  • Not hosting it ourselves leaves more tech resources to work on other topics
  • Attractive pricing
We are happy with the Cassandra database. We are a developer and work well with the Astra DB team.
We have seen it happen :-)
For certain things, MySQL is ok and we also use it, alongside Cassandra.

Do you think Astra DB delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Astra DB's feature set?

Yes

Did Astra DB live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Astra DB go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Astra DB again?

Yes

For usage that can quickly go up, and perhaps even down again, Astra DB is very well suited. That is why Internet applications that a truly mass-market, like games, should consider such a database. For small niche applications, it might be a bit overkill, because it is a sophisticated database.