Astra DB Handles Your RAG AI Needs
July 17, 2025

Astra DB Handles Your RAG AI Needs

Rick Atkinson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Astra DB

We use Astra DB to store vectorized data from all of our company's unstructured files. This allows us to query these documents similar to how we query our structured SQL databases. One use case is the storage of vector data for all documents used in secure data rooms that typically contain hundreds of documents. It allows us to provide our investors with the ability to ask questions about the documents without opening each one. This saves them time and leads to a better customer experience.

Pros

  • API is straightforward and simple to use
  • Astra DB Dashboard is simple and easy to understand
  • The vectorize functionality simplifies the document embedding process
  • The document querying process is really good at extracting the necessary embeddings to send to an LLM

Cons

  • In some cases, the Astra Dashboard could be more intuitive, especially when creating new collections and assigning an embedding LLM
  • Astra DB has improved our customer experience by providing a new and innovative way to review documentation of our offerings.
  • Astra DB brings the ChatGPT experience to our internal documents and system.
It has been simple to quickly embed hundreds of documents at once. I don't worry about volume when it comes to Astra DB.
I struggled with understanding the other product and the DataStax team helped us progress in our projects with one on one assistance.

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

Astra DB is perfect for RAG AI business use cases. It abstracts out the difficult aspects of vectorization so, as a business, we can focus on the functionality surrounding it instead of the highly technical aspects of vectors.

Astra DB Feature Ratings

Vector Database
10.0
Vector Data Connection
10
Vector Data Editing
10
Attribute Management
10
Geospatial Analysis
10
Geometric Transformations
10
Vector Data Visualization
10
Coordinate Reference System Management:
10
Data Import/Export
10
Symbolization and Styling
10
Data Sharing and Collaboration
10

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