# ScyllaDB: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 21 judge labels across 2 categories by 10 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/scylladb

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [NoSQL databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/nosql-databases/index.md) | 0% | 12 | 5% | 20 |
| [Time series databases](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/time-series-databases/index.md) | 0% | 56 | 100% | 1 |

## What the models said for it

- "Ultra-High Scale / Wide-Column | ScyllaDB, Apache Cassandra | High write-throughput, sub-millisecond latencies at scale" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, NoSQL)
- "ScyllaDB is a drop-in C++ rewrite of Cassandra that provides identical APIs with vastly lower latency" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, NoSQL)
- "ScyllaDB is increasingly recommended over Cassandra for better performance and easier operations" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, NoSQL)
- "Cassandra-style distributed modeling with a focus on predictable performance and lower latency." (Perplexity Sonar, NoSQL)

## And against it

- "Rolling Your Own TSDB on Cassandra / ScyllaDB / DynamoDB ... introduces massive operational pain" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Time series DBs)
- "self-hosting avoids license fees but increases engineering and maintenance costs" (Perplexity Sonar, NoSQL)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named ScyllaDB, from 43 of the 63 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- aerospike.com: 20
- github.com: 20
- scylladb.com: 14 (its own site)
- aws.amazon.com: 13
- mongodb.com: 13
- couchbase.com: 11
- gane.ai/index: 10
- em360tech.com: 9
- g2.com: 9
- infoworld.com: 9

### Pages cited

- https://github.com/quanpan302/KB-engineering-handbook/blob/main/content/hld/part-2-building-blocks/05-nosql-databases.md: 15
- https://aerospike.com/blog/ten-best-nosql-cloud-databases: 13
- https://em360tech.com/top-10/best-nosql-databases: 9
- https://thectoclub.com/tools/best-nosql-database: 9
- https://instaclustr.com/education/nosql-database/nosql-databases-types-use-cases-and-8-databases-to-try: 8
- https://guideflow.com/blog/nosql-database-software: 7
- https://aerospike.com/blog/the-best-distributed-nosql-database: 6
- https://aws.amazon.com/nosql: 6

## In its own words

What ScyllaDB's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: High-performance NoSQL database for real-time AI, feature stores, and billion-scale vector search. (https://scylladb.com/)
- For: data-intensive apps that require high throughput & predictable low latency (https://scylladb.com/)
- Hosting: AWS & GCP
- Customers named: Discord, Zillow, Comcast, Rakuten, Hulu, Adevinta, Fanatics, Grab

## What it publishes

Every page scylladb.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 2655 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 85 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-12
- case study: 41 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-03-10
- webinar or virtual event: 46 pages, 11 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-25
- conference or event: 1860 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-27
- report or ebook: 26 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2018-05-01
- comparison: 23 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-24
- template or tool: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 82 pages, 4 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-04
- news or press: 8 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-05-05
- Recent: 2026-09-27 conference or event: 5513 https://forum.scylladb.com/t/last-week-in-scylladb-git-master-issue-335-2026-09-27/5513
- Recent: 2026-09-26 conference or event: 5512 https://forum.scylladb.com/t/last-week-in-scylla-cluster-tests-git-master-issue-153-2026-09-26/5512
- Recent: 2026-09-25 webinar or virtual event: 5511 https://forum.scylladb.com/t/upcoming-webinars-oss-to-enterprise-2026-x-updates/5511
- Recent: 2026-09-23 webinar or virtual event: Beyond scylladb oss why and how to migrate https://www.scylladb.com/webinar/beyond-scylladb-oss-why-and-how-to-migrate/
- Recent: 2026-09-21 conference or event: 5508 https://forum.scylladb.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-speedup-schema-creation-for-tests/5508
- Recent: 2026-09-15 webinar or virtual event: 5500 https://forum.scylladb.com/t/oct-8-2026-webinar-scylladb-2026-x-full-text-search-object-storage-and-more/5500

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.