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# Cassandra vs Hive Comparison - What are their main differences?

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Reviews

**Cassandra** [

4.1/5(35)

](https://www.g2.com/products/cassandra/reviews#reviews)

**Hive** [

4.2/5(60)

](https://www.g2.com/products/hive/reviews#reviews)

Pricing

**Cassandra**
No pricing available

**Hive**
No pricing available

**Pricing Insights**
from reviews

Time to Implement

**Cassandra**
2 months

Based on 5 responses

**Hive**
Not enough reviews yet

Return on Investment

**Cassandra**
Not enough reviews yet

**Hive**
Not enough reviews yet

Perceived Cost

**Cassandra**
$$$$$

**Hive**
$$$$$

Average Discount

**Cassandra**
Not enough reviews yet

**Hive**
Not enough reviews yet

Pros & Cons

**Cassandra**
Not enough data

**Hive**
Not enough data

Ratings

Meets Requirements

**Cassandra**

8.3

8.329

**Hive**

8.2

8.252

Ease of Use

**Cassandra**

7.8

7.829

**Hive**

8.4

8.452

Ease of Setup

**Cassandra**

8.2

8.218

**Hive**

7.8

7.820

Ease of Admin

**Cassandra**

7.9

7.916

**Hive**

7.5

7.519

Quality of Support

**Cassandra**

7.5

7.524

**Hive**

7.7

7.746

Has the product been a good partner in doing business?

**Cassandra**

7.4

7.413

**Hive**

8.2

8.216

Product Direction (% positive)

**Cassandra**

6.9

6.926

**Hive**

7.6

7.648

Features

Data Warehouse[Hide 48 FeaturesShow 48 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

8.3

12

Data Management

Data Integration

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

10

|

Verified

Data Compression

Not enough data

8.0(won by default)

11

|

Verified

Data Quality

Not enough data

8.2(won by default)

11

|

Verified

Built-In Data Analytics

Not enough data

8.3(won by default)

11

|

Verified

In-Database Machine Learning

Not enough data

7.1(won by default)

8

|

Verified

Data Lake Analytics

Not enough data

8.1(won by default)

9

|

Verified

ETL - Extract Transfer Load

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Integration

BI Tool Integration

Not enough data

7.8(won by default)

9

|

Verified

AI/ ML Integration

Not enough data

Feature Not Available

Data lake Integration

Not enough data

Feature Not Available

Deployment

On-Premise

Not enough data

8.0(won by default)

11

|

Verified

Cloud

Not enough data

9.2(won by default)

6

|

Verified

Performance 

Scalability

Not enough data

7.9(won by default)

11

|

Verified

Security

Data Governance

Not enough data

9.0(won by default)

10

|

Verified

Data Security

Not enough data

8.8(won by default)

11

|

Verified

Generative AI

AI Text Generation

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Text Summarization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Parallel Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Ad hoc Analysis

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Data Sources

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

In-Database Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Connectors

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance Metrics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Ad hoc Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Drag & Drop

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Match & Merge

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Transformation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Customizable Reports

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Migration

Not enough data

Not enough data

In-Memory Processing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Show 3 feature categories with incomplete data

Key Value Databases[Hide 12 FeaturesShow 12 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Management

Data Model

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Types

Not enough data

Not enough data

Availability

Auto Sharding

Not enough data

Not enough data

Auto Recovery

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Replication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance 

Integrated Cache

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Role-Based Authorization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Authentication

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Logs

Not enough data

Not enough data

Encryption

Not enough data

Not enough data

Support

Multi-Model

Not enough data

Not enough data

Operating Systems

Not enough data

Not enough data

Wide Column Database[Hide 50 FeaturesShow 50 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Storage

Data Storage Method

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Storage Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Secure Data Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Scalability

Database Scalability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Auto Sharding

Not enough data

Not enough data

Document Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Columnar Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Built-In Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Graph Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Key-Value Store Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Order Preserving Encryption

Not enough data

Not enough data

Support

Data Types Support

Not enough data

Not enough data

Different Operating Systems

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multi model Database Support

Not enough data

Not enough data

Object Oriented Database

Not enough data

Not enough data

Agentic AI - Wide Column Database

Decision Making

Not enough data

Not enough data

Additional Functionality

Database Conversion

Not enough data

Not enough data

Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Activity Dashboard

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Extraction

Not enough data

Not enough data

Reporting/Analytics

Not enough data

Not enough data

Automatic Backup

Not enough data

Not enough data

Real-Time Monitoring

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Visualization

Not enough data

Not enough data

Ad hoc Reporting

Not enough data

Not enough data

Compliance Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Indexing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Search/Filter

Not enough data

Not enough data

Alerts/Notifications

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Verification

Not enough data

Not enough data

Performance Testing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Capture and Transfer

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security Auditing

Not enough data

Not enough data

Access Controls/Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Role-Based Permissions

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Mapping

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Retrieval

Not enough data

Not enough data

AI Copilot

Not enough data

Not enough data

Third-Party Integrations

Not enough data

Not enough data

Generative AI

Not enough data

Not enough data

Configuration Management

Not enough data

Not enough data

Audit Trail

Not enough data

Not enough data

For NoSQL Databases

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Import/Export

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Migration

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Synchronization

Not enough data

Not enough data

API

Not enough data

Not enough data

Serverless Accessibility

Not enough data

Not enough data

Multiple Data Sources

Not enough data

Not enough data

NoSQL Databases[Hide 7 FeaturesShow 7 Features](javascript:void(0);)

Not enough data

Not enough data

Database Features

Storage

Not enough data

Not enough data

Availability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Stability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Scalability

Not enough data

Not enough data

Security

Not enough data

Not enough data

Data Manipulation

Not enough data

Not enough data

Query Language

Not enough data

Not enough data

User Insights

Reviewers' Company Size

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

Cassandra

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

18.2%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

33.3%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

48.5%

[![Hive](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_372444fc2d6b587007858ffe2cf9d77e/hive.jpg "Hive")](https://www.g2.com/products/hive/reviews)

Hive

Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)

10.5%

Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)

35.1%

Enterprise(\> 1000 emp.)

54.4%

Small-Business

(50 or fewer emp.)

18.2%

10.5%

Mid-Market

(51-1000 emp.)

33.3%

35.1%

Enterprise

(\> 1000 emp.)

48.5%

54.4%

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%

[![Hive](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_372444fc2d6b587007858ffe2cf9d77e/hive.jpg "Hive")](https://www.g2.com/products/hive/reviews)
Hive

Computer Software

19.3%

Internet

19.3%

Information Technology and Services

14.0%

Higher Education

7.0%

Retail

3.5%

Other

36.8%

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)

**Hive Alternatives**

 ![Snowflake](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/1544409170/snowflake.svg "Snowflake")

[
Snowflake
](/products/snowflake/reviews)

 ![Google Cloud BigQuery](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/875b8a68eca98ce3458f26e9dd34cdf9/google-cloud-bigquery.svg "Google Cloud BigQuery")

[
BigQuery
](/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews)

 ![Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/hd_favicon/18effe7340087cf76270e479644d3e42/teradata-autonomous-knowledge-platform.svg "Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform")

[
Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform
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 ![Oracle Exadata Cloud Service](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/thumb_square/thumb_square_aca40b5464fcf97310dbc332c2296b5c/oracle-exadata-cloud-service.png "Oracle Exadata Cloud Service")

[
Oracle Exadata Cloud Service
](/products/oracle-exadata-cloud-service/reviews)

## Cassandra vs Hive

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

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