# Hbase, ScyllaDB vs Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Comparison | | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.2 out of 5 | 4.5 out of 5 | 4.5 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 114 | 427 | 907 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (50.5% of reviews) | Small-Business (41.8% of reviews) | Mid-Market (37.7% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | No pricing available | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Hbase **Not enough data** ### ScyllaDB Pros: - Performance (53 reviews) - Speed (44 reviews) Cons: - Learning Curve (20 reviews) - Limited Features (13 reviews) ### Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Pros: - Ease of Use (15 reviews) - Scalability (13 reviews) Cons: - Expensive (18 reviews) - Complexity (7 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 8.2 (90 reviews) | 8.8 (333 reviews) | 9.0 (744 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 7.6 (90 reviews) | 8.5 (342 reviews) | 8.8 (752 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 7.3 (40 reviews) | 8.3 (250 reviews) | 8.9 (528 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 7.0 (40 reviews) | 8.2 (125 reviews) | 8.7 (436 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 7.6 (82 reviews) | 8.6 (312 reviews) | 8.6 (716 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.0 (34 reviews) | 8.7 (105 reviews) | 8.8 (424 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 8.2 (85 reviews) | 9.0 (324 reviews) | 9.5 (704 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Hbase #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial No information available ### ScyllaDB #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial Yes ### Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial Yes --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Relational Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Hbase** | N/A | N/A | | **ScyllaDB** | N/A | N/A | | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | 8.8/10 | 468 | #### Management | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Schema** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (306 reviews) | | **Query Language** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (310 reviews) | | **ACID - Complaint** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (295 reviews) | | **Data Replication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (304 reviews) | #### Support | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Text Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.3 (300 reviews) | | **Data Types** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (312 reviews) | | **Languages** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (306 reviews) | | **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (310 reviews) | #### Security | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Database Locking** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (299 reviews) | | **Access Control** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (315 reviews) | | **Encryption** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (309 reviews) | | **Authentication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (312 reviews) | #### Performance | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Disaster Recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (305 reviews) | | **Data Concurrency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.6 (299 reviews) | | **Workload Management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (307 reviews) | | **Advanced Indexing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (293 reviews) | | **Query Optimizer** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (297 reviews) | #### Database Features | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Storage** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (438 reviews) | | **Availability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (438 reviews) | | **Stability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (435 reviews) | | **Scalability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (425 reviews) | | **Security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (432 reviews) | | **Data Manipulation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (403 reviews) | | **Query Language** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (420 reviews) | ### Key Value Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Hbase** | N/A | N/A | | **ScyllaDB** | 8.6/10 | 183 | | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | N/A | N/A | #### Data Management | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Model** | Not enough data | 8.7 (162 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Data Types** | Not enough data | 8.8 (163 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Availability | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Auto Sharding** | Not enough data | 9.0 (157 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Auto Recovery** | Not enough data | 8.6 (154 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Data Replication** | Not enough data | 8.7 (156 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Performance | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Integrated Cache** | Not enough data | 8.8 (148 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Role-Based Authorization** | Not enough data | 8.4 (141 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Authentication** | Not enough data | 8.5 (144 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Audit Logs** | Not enough data | 8.5 (142 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Encryption** | Not enough data | 8.6 (143 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Support | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Multi-Model** | Not enough data | 8.5 (139 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | ### Columnar Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Hbase** | 7.3/10 | 6 | | **ScyllaDB** | N/A | N/A | | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | N/A | N/A | #### Storage | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Model** | 8.1 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Types** | 7.2 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Availability | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Auto Sharding** | 8.6 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Auto Recovery** | 6.1 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Replication** | 7.2 (6 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Performance | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Integrated Cache** | 7.0 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Role-Based Authorization** | 7.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Authentication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Audit Logs** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Encryption** | 6.7 (5 reviews) | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Support | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Multi-Model** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Wide Column Database | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Hbase** | N/A | N/A | | **ScyllaDB** | 8.5/10 | 83 | | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | N/A | N/A | #### Storage | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Storage Method** | Not enough data | 8.5 (70 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Scalability | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Database Scalability** | Not enough data | 9.1 (78 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Auto Sharding** | Not enough data | 8.7 (71 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Order Preserving Encryption** | Not enough data | 8.2 (64 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Support | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Types Support** | Not enough data | 8.6 (74 reviews) | Not enough data | | **Different Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Feature Not Available | Not enough data | | **Multi model Database Support** | Not enough data | 8.3 (68 reviews) | Not enough data | #### Agentic AI - Wide Column Database | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Decision Making** | Not enough data | 7.9 (7 reviews) | Not enough data | ### Database as a Service (DBaaS) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Hbase** | N/A | N/A | | **ScyllaDB** | 8.8/10 | 163 | | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | 8.7/10 | 281 | #### Configuration | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Application Performance** | Not enough data | 9.2 (152 reviews) | 8.8 (247 reviews) | | **Orchestration** | Not enough data | 8.8 (142 reviews) | 8.4 (242 reviews) | | **Database Monitoring** | Not enough data | 8.9 (151 reviews) | 8.6 (251 reviews) | | **Anomaly Detection** | Not enough data | 8.4 (136 reviews) | 8.1 (227 reviews) | | **Network Security** | Not enough data | 8.7 (139 reviews) | 8.9 (244 reviews) | #### Database Administration | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Provisioning** | Not enough data | 8.8 (137 reviews) | 8.8 (242 reviews) | | **Governance** | Not enough data | 8.7 (133 reviews) | 8.6 (232 reviews) | | **Auditing** | Not enough data | 8.7 (133 reviews) | Feature Not Available | #### Availability | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Scalability** | Not enough data | 9.5 (153 reviews) | 9.1 (249 reviews) | | **Backup** | Not enough data | 8.9 (147 reviews) | 9.1 (252 reviews) | | **Archiving** | Not enough data | 8.9 (136 reviews) | Feature Not Available | | **Indexing** | Not enough data | 8.9 (145 reviews) | 8.7 (232 reviews) | #### Security | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Masking** | Not enough data | 8.7 (123 reviews) | 8.3 (170 reviews) | | **Authentication And Single Sign-On** | Not enough data | 8.7 (126 reviews) | 8.6 (181 reviews) | | **Data Anonymization** | Not enough data | 8.7 (126 reviews) | 8.4 (170 reviews) | #### Data Management | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Data Replication** | Not enough data | 8.9 (137 reviews) | 8.8 (188 reviews) | | **Advanced Data Analytics** | Not enough data | 8.7 (129 reviews) | 8.6 (175 reviews) | ### NoSQL Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Hbase** | N/A | N/A | | **ScyllaDB** | N/A | N/A | | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | N/A | N/A | #### Database Features | Feature | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Storage** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (438 reviews) | | **Availability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (438 reviews) | | **Stability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.0 (435 reviews) | | **Scalability** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.2 (425 reviews) | | **Security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (432 reviews) | | **Data Manipulation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (403 reviews) | | **Query Language** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.8 (420 reviews) | --- ## Categories **Unique to Hbase (2):** [Wide Column Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/wide-column-database), [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases) **Unique to ScyllaDB (3):** [Key Value Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/key-value-databases), [Database as a Service (DBaaS) Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-as-a-service-dbaas), [Wide Column Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/wide-column-database) **Unique to Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) (2):** [Database as a Service (DBaaS) Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-as-a-service-dbaas), [Relational Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/relational-databases) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Hbase | ScyllaDB | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | |---|---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 23.3% | 41.8% | 29.0% | | **Mid-Market** | 26.2% | 29.6% | 37.7% | | **Enterprise** | 50.5% | 28.6% | 33.4% | ### By Industry #### Hbase - **Information Technology and Services:** 25.2% - **Computer Software:** 22.3% - **Banking:** 8.7% - **Telecommunications:** 6.8% - **Financial Services:** 4.9% - **Computer & Network Security:** 2.9% - **Higher Education:** 2.9% - **Internet:** 2.9% - **Retail:** 1.9% - **E-Learning:** 1.9% - **Other:** 19.4% #### ScyllaDB - **Computer Software:** 29.8% - **Information Technology and Services:** 13.2% - **Financial Services:** 6.1% - **Education Management:** 3.7% - **Banking:** 3.7% - **Computer & Network Security:** 3.2% - **Telecommunications:** 2.6% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 2.4% - **Consulting:** 2.4% - **Entertainment:** 2.1% - **Other:** 30.9% #### Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) - **Information Technology and Services:** 22.6% - **Computer Software:** 17.0% - **Financial Services:** 6.0% - **Computer & Network Security:** 3.7% - **Telecommunications:** 3.2% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 3.1% - **Health, Wellness and Fitness:** 2.7% - **Banking:** 2.5% - **Retail:** 2.4% - **Internet:** 2.2% - **Other:** 34.4% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Hbase - [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (753 reviews) - [Google Cloud BigTable](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigtable/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (41 reviews) - [Google Cloud BigQuery](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-bigquery/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (1227 reviews) - [Amazon Redshift](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-redshift/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (402 reviews) - [OpenText Vertica](https://www.g2.com/products/opentext-vertica/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (216 reviews) - [MariaDB](https://www.g2.com/products/mariadb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (226 reviews) - [Azure Cosmos DB](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-cosmos-db/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (68 reviews) - [Azure Table Storage](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-table-storage/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (16 reviews) - [Druid](https://www.g2.com/products/druid/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (31 reviews) - [CrateDB](https://www.g2.com/products/cratedb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (85 reviews) ### Alternatives to ScyllaDB - [Couchbase](https://www.g2.com/products/couchbase/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (150 reviews) - [Cassandra](https://www.g2.com/products/cassandra/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (35 reviews) - [Amazon DynamoDB](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (530 reviews) - [Redis Software](https://www.g2.com/products/redis-software/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (134 reviews) - [MongoDB Atlas](https://www.g2.com/products/mongodb-atlas/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (370 reviews) - [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (621 reviews) - [Oracle Database](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (1010 reviews) - [IBM Db2](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (682 reviews) - [Amazon Aurora](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-aurora/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (457 reviews) - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews) ### Alternatives to Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) - [Oracle Database](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (1010 reviews) - [IBM Db2](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (682 reviews) - [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (621 reviews) - [Google Cloud SQL](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-sql/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (366 reviews) - [Azure SQL Database](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-sql-database/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (241 reviews) - [EDB Postgres Advanced Server](https://www.g2.com/products/edb-postgres-advanced-server/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (37 reviews) - [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (2279 reviews) - [MySQL](https://www.g2.com/products/mysql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (1675 reviews) - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews) - [PostgreSQL](https://www.g2.com/products/postgresql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (678 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### Hbase - Title: [In HBase, we cannot implement any cross data operations and joining operations, of course, we can implement the joining operations using MapReduce, which would take a lot of time to designing and development. How we can improve this??](https://www.g2.com/discussions/25674-in-hbase-we-cannot-implement-any-cross-data-operations-and-joining-operations-of-course-we-can-implement-the-joining-operations-using-mapreduce-which-would-take-a-lot-of-time-to-designing-and-development-how-we-can-improve-this) — 1 comment, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Check out Apache Phoenix - https://phoenix.apache.org/ " ### ScyllaDB - Title: [What is the agenda for the coming quarter, what new features will be introduced?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-the-agenda-for-the-coming-quarter-what-new-features-will-be-introduced) — 2 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "Planned features for Scylla Open Source 4.x and 5.x • Enhancements to our DynamoDB compatible API (Alternator) • Faster resumable streaming (Repair base..." - Title: [Is ScyllaDB free?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-scylladb-free) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)* > **Top comment:** "ScyllaDB is available as a “source available” solution. You can utilize the complete ScyllaDB feature set for free if your deployment remains under 10 TB of..." - Title: [How does ScyllaDB handle sharding and replication?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-does-scylladb-handle-sharding-and-replication) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)* > **Top comment:** "ScyllaDB follows a shard-per-core design that assigns specific data partitions to individual CPU cores, reducing internal contention. It employs consistent..." - Title: [What are the main tradeoffs when switching to ScyllaDB?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-are-the-main-tradeoffs-when-switching-to-scylladb) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)* > **Top comment:** "As a NoSQL database, ScyllaDB prioritizes performance and scalability over traditional relational features like complex joins or ad-hoc reporting. While it..." - Title: [Why is ScyllaDB faster than alternatives?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/why-is-scylladb-faster-than-alternatives) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)* > **Top comment:** "The speed of ScyllaDB stems from its shared-nothing, shard-per-core architecture, which maximizes CPU efficiency and concurrency. Built on the Seastar..." ### Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) - Title: [What is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-amazon-relational-database-service-rds-used-for) — 2 comments, 2 upvotes > **Top comment:** "Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a cloud-based service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is used for managing and operating relational..." - Title: [An Amazon RDS performance best practice is to allocate enough RAM so that your working set resides almost completely in memory.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/an-amazon-rds-performance-best-practice-is-to-allocate-enough-ram-so-that-your-working-set-resides-almost-completely-in-memory) — 1 comment, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "nice" --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/hbase-vs-scylladb-vs-amazon-relational-database-service-rds)