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# Cassandra vs Elastic Observability Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Pricing

**Cassandra**
No pricing available

**Elastic Observability**
Free Trial

**Pay As You Go** Per Month · Elastic Cloud Serverless

**Contact Us** · Elastic Self-managed

**Starting at $99.00** Per Month · Elastic Cloud Hosted

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Perceived Cost

**Cassandra**
$$$$$

**Elastic Observability**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Cassandra**
Not enough reviews yet

**Elastic Observability**
Not enough reviews yet

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Time to Implement

**Cassandra** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Elastic Observability** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

Return on Investment

**Cassandra** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Elastic Observability** 6 months
Based on 100 responses

**Pros & Cons**
from reviews

**Cassandra**
Not enough data

**Elastic Observability**
[
Ease of Use (7)
](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=2276910&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Alerting System (6)
](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1298568&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Learning Curve (5)
](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1298668&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)[
Difficult Learning (4)
](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/reviews?filters%5Bsentiment_snippet%5D=1298684&qs=pros-and-cons#reviews)

Screenshots

**Cassandra**
No screenshot available

**Elastic Observability**
 ![Elastic Observability screenshot](https://images.g2crowd.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=600,height=600,fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,/https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/attachment/file/1643274/Screenshot-2025-10-21-at-13.16.00.png)

**Ratings**
from reviews

Meets Requirements

**Cassandra**

**8.3** /10

Based on 29 responses

**Elastic Observability**

**8.8** /10

Based on 79 responses

Ease of Use

**Cassandra**

**7.8** /10

Based on 29 responses

**Elastic Observability**

**7.9** /10

Based on 110 responses

Ease of Setup

**Cassandra**

**8.2** /10

Based on 18 responses

**Elastic Observability**

**7.4** /10

Based on 39 responses

Ease of Admin

**Cassandra**

**7.9** /10

Based on 16 responses

**Elastic Observability**

**7.4** /10

Based on 28 responses

Quality of Support

**Cassandra**

**7.5** /10

Based on 24 responses

**Elastic Observability**

**8.2** /10

Based on 100 responses

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Cassandra**

**7.4** /10

Based on 13 responses

**Elastic Observability**

**8.3** /10

Based on 24 responses

Product Direction (% positive)

**Cassandra**

**6.9** /10

Based on 26 responses

**Elastic Observability**

**7.9** /10

Based on 79 responses

**Features**
ratings from reviews

Cloud Infrastructure Monitoring

Not enough data

**9.1** /10

Based on 19 responses

AIOps Platforms

Not enough data

**9.1** /10

Based on 34 responses

Log Monitoring

Not enough data

**8.5** /10

Based on 15 responses

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Log Analysis

Not enough data

**9.0** /10

Based on 26 responses

Application Performance Monitoring (APM)

Not enough data

**9.1** /10

Based on 14 responses

User Insights

**Reviewers' Company Size**

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
18.2%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.3%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
48.5%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
18.2%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
33.3%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
48.5%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
23.7%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
37.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
38.9%

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
23.7%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
37.4%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)
38.9%

**Reviewers' Industry**

[![Cassandra](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_131c279a0a8faf5615b1f91696037b66/cassandra.jpeg "Cassandra")](https://www.g2.com/products/cassandra/reviews)
Cassandra

Information Technology and Services
30.3%

Internet
18.2%

Computer Software
12.1%

Retail
9.1%

Computer & Network Security
6.1%

Other
24.2%

[![Elastic Observability](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/e7602b1e1f7be279a08b2d0959fa2432/elastic-observability.svg "Elastic Observability")](https://www.g2.com/products/elastic-observability/reviews)
Elastic Observability

Information Technology and Services
21.4%

Computer Software
18.3%

Banking
6.3%

Financial Services
6.3%

Computer & Network Security
5.6%

Other
42.1%

Alternatives

**Cassandra Alternatives**

 ![ScyllaDB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_25a77281cf6759eb3923a50b7b0110b2/scylladb.png "ScyllaDB")

[
ScyllaDB
](/products/scylladb/reviews)

 ![Amazon DynamoDB](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/5383be31b099738701f86724a8b5cf9a/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb.svg "Amazon DynamoDB")

[
Amazon DynamoDB
](/products/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb/reviews)

 ![Redis Software](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/bc33baea6f8c2aa6f6b84dfec0a91f54/redis-software.svg "Redis Software")

[
Redis Software
](/products/redis-software/reviews)

 ![Arango](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/e25ea2e3c08688b5a248e3f3bb669eff/arango.svg "Arango")

[
Arango
](/products/arango/reviews)

**Elastic Observability Alternatives**

 ![Datadog](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1498834114/datadog.svg "Datadog")

[
Datadog
](/products/datadog/reviews)

 ![Dynatrace](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1512659484/dynatrace.svg "Dynatrace")

[
Dynatrace
](/products/dynatrace/reviews)

 ![Checkmk](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/541d0e65c6998d9d32df26ea47566f16/checkmk.svg "Checkmk")

[
Checkmk
](/products/checkmk/reviews)

 ![Sentry](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/fab92494b579811459a254bd29557d0e/sentry.svg "Sentry")

[
Sentry
](/products/sentry/reviews)

## Cassandra vs Elastic Observability

When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Elastic Observability easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with Cassandra, along with administration.

- Reviewers felt that Elastic Observability meets the needs of their business better than Cassandra.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Elastic Observability is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Elastic Observability over Cassandra.