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We performed a comparison between Cassandra and Faiss based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The time series data was one of the best features along with auto publishing.""A consistent solution.""Cassandra has some features that are more useful for specific use cases where you have time series where you have huge amounts of writes. That should be quick, but not specifically the reads. We needed to have quicker reads and writes and this is why we are using Cassandra right now.""The most valuable features are the counter features and the NoSQL schema. It also has good scalability. You can scale Cassandra to any finite level.""The technical evaluation is very good.""Cassandra is good. It's better than CouchDB, and we are using it in parallel with CouchDB. Cassandra looks better and is more user-friendly.""The most valuable features of this solution are its speed and distributed nature.""Some of the valued features of this solution are it has good performance and failover."

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"The product has better performance and stability compared to one of its competitors."

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Cons
"The initial setup of Cassandra can be difficult in the configuration. There might be a need to have assistance. The implementation process can six months for connecting to certain databases.""The solution doesn't have joins between tables so you need other tools for that.""There could be more integration, and it could be more user-friendly.""The solution is limited to a linear performance.""Interface is not user friendly.""Maybe they can improve their performance in data fetching from a high volume of data sets.""The secondary index in Cassandra was a bit problematic and could be improved.""Cassandra can improve by adding more built-in tools. For example, if you want to do some maintenance activities in the cluster, we have to depend on third-party tools. Having these tools build-in would be e benefit."

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"It could be more accessible for handling larger data sets."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Cassandra is a free open source solution, but there is a commercial version available called DataStax Enterprise."
  • "There are licensing fees that must be paid, but I'm not sure if they are paid monthly or yearly."
  • "We are using the open-source version of Cassandra, the solution is free."
  • "We pay for a license."
  • "I don't have the specific numbers on pricing, but it was fairly priced."
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  • "It is an open-source tool."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The use of Cassandra in real-time data analytics has been pivotal for our e-commerce platform. As our platform operates 24/7, providing services to sellers and customers alike, the need for real-time… more »
    Top Answer:There were challenges with the query language and the development interface. The query language, in particular, could be improved for better optimization. These challenges were encountered while using… more »
    Top Answer:The product has better performance and stability compared to one of its competitors.
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    11th
    out of 21 in Vector Databases
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    322
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    7.4
    2nd
    out of 21 in Vector Databases
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    1,505
    Comparisons
    1,395
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    218
    Rating
    7.0
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    Overview

    Cassandra is a distributed and scalable database management system used for real-time data processing. 

    It is highly valued for its ability to handle large amounts of data, scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, and flexible data model. 

    It is commonly used in finance, e-commerce, and social media industries.

    Faiss is a powerful library for efficient similarity search and nearest neighbor retrieval in large-scale datasets. It is widely used in image and text processing, recommendation systems, and natural language processing. 

    Users appreciate its speed, scalability, and ability to handle high-dimensional data effectively. Faiss also offers easy integration and extensive support for different programming languages. 

    Its valuable features include efficient search capabilities, support for large-scale datasets, various similarity measures, easy integration, and comprehensive documentation and community support.

    Sample Customers
    1. Apple 2. Netflix 3. Facebook 4. Instagram 5. Twitter 6. eBay 7. Spotify 8. Uber 9. Airbnb 10. Adobe 11. Cisco 12. IBM 13. Microsoft 14. Yahoo 15. Reddit 16. Pinterest 17. Salesforce 18. LinkedIn 19. Hulu 20. Airbnb 21. Walmart 22. Target 23. Sony 24. Intel 25. Cisco 26. HP 27. Oracle 28. SAP 29. GE 30. Siemens 31. Volkswagen 32. Toyota
    1. Facebook 2. Airbnb 3. Pinterest 4. Twitter 5. Microsoft 6. Uber 7. LinkedIn 8. Netflix 9. Spotify 10. Adobe 11. eBay 12. Dropbox 13. Yelp 14. Salesforce 15. IBM 16. Intel 17. Nvidia 18. Qualcomm 19. Samsung 20. Sony 21. Tencent 22. Alibaba 23. Baidu 24. JD.com 25. Rakuten 26. Zillow 27. Booking.com 28. Expedia 29. TripAdvisor 30. Rakuten 31. Rakuten Viber 32. Rakuten Ichiba
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    Comms Service Provider25%
    Computer Software Company13%
    University13%
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    Financial Services Firm20%
    Computer Software Company15%
    Comms Service Provider7%
    Healthcare Company6%
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    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Small Business39%
    Large Enterprise61%
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    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise69%
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    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise67%
    Buyer's Guide
    Vector Databases
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    Cassandra is ranked 11th in Vector Databases with 19 reviews while Faiss is ranked 2nd in Vector Databases with 1 review. Cassandra is rated 8.0, while Faiss is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Cassandra writes "Well-equipped to handle a massive influx of data and billions of requests". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Faiss writes "Works efficiently with smaller data sets, there could be an integration with automated products ". Cassandra is most compared with Couchbase, InfluxDB, MongoDB and ScyllaDB, whereas Faiss is most compared with Chroma, Elastic Search, Qdrant, Pinecone and MySQL.

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