Astra DB (serverless) as primary database for a edtech SaaS product
September 23, 2024

Astra DB (serverless) as primary database for a edtech SaaS product

Rodney Tamblyn | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Astra DB

We use Astra DB as the database for our OB3 web application, which is used by Higher Education organisations and Universities in Australia and New Zealand. It is therefore one of the core technologies we and our customers rely on for delivery of our service. Our product brings course content and discussions together in online collaborative documents, to enable teacher-led and student-led learning activities. It is delivered integrated with enterprise learning management systems such as Canvas and Blackboard.

Pros

  • scalability
  • reliability
  • local support and technical advice
  • innovation
  • monitoring

Cons

  • portal access to custom backup policies ( but these are coming soon to Azure)
  • Primary reasons for selecting Astra were around contingency planning, resilience, scalability, reliability and support - not cost
Our use case and requirements for scaling don't allow me to comment on ability to scale to millions of users, however from what I know of other use cases where Astra has been applied, and Astra's architectural design makes me confident it will be able to scale to meet most requirements
We selected Astra for reducing complexity of our operations, local support, scalability, reliability, and business continuity/contingency planning reasons. We're a small team so prefer a database-as-a-solution model.

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

We are coming to Astra DB from a background of having used and relied on Cassandra (open source) database for over 10 years. Our use case is particularly well suited to NoSQL. We selected Datastax Astra primarily for scalability, support, contingency planning, and reducing the technical complexity of our operations. We were looking for a reliable partner with strong presence in our region (APAC) and we are confident we've found this in Datastax.

Astra DB Feature Ratings

Vector Database
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Vector Data Connection
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Vector Data Editing
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Attribute Management
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Geospatial Analysis
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Geometric Transformations
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Vector Data Visualization
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Coordinate Reference System Management:
Not Rated
Data Import/Export
Not Rated
Symbolization and Styling
Not Rated
Data Sharing and Collaboration
Not Rated

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