Astra DB is a NoSQL Database-as-a-Service relied upon by most of the Fortune 500 to cut costs, handle scale, and boost performance. Our customers consolidate their unstructured enterprise data from MongoDB, Postgres, Couchbase, Scylla, Cosmos DB, Dynamo DB, and others to reduce operational overhead and cloud expense.
Astra DB is used by more than 90% of the Fortune 500 to consolidate their data infrastructure and save cloud and operational costs. Astra DB is 60% less expensive to operate than MongoDB. Operating costs are further reduced by automated scaling, backups, and maintenance, leading to staffing cost reductions of up to 95% and infrastructure savings of up to 80%.
The best database should be AI-ready, handle diverse data types, scale effortlessly, and support real-time operations. Astra DB offers the features and performance you need—whether you’re building AI now or in the future. You get native vector capabilities and hybrid search that delivers up to 45% more relevant results and 12X faster response times for modern AI applications.
Moving to Astra DB is easy. With Zero-Downtime Migration, you get a simple and reliable way to migrate apps and data. And the Astra DB Data API is fully compatible with the MongoDB API, making it nearly effortless for developers familiar with MongoDB to make the switch. Get better performance, less overhead, lower costs – all without having to reskill your team!
Astra has been built on the open-source project Apache Cassandra®, which provides its unique ability to scale and work seamlessly over availability zones, regions, and even multiple clouds. DataStax has combined this one-of-a-kind database with integrations that lower costs and empower developers. While our APIs are similar to other DBaaS solutions, we can deliver scale and costs that make Astra stand out in comparison.
There’s no magic formula, just great engineering, and that’s what we deliver. Serving and storing data can be the most expensive part of your application. We have separated those two aspects of cloud native data, optimized them, and passed the savings on to you. In addition, we’ve made it easier to write applications, saving time (and money) in the development process. We’ve considered the entire data lifecycle, and as a result, you’ll see significantly lower costs in all aspects of your data-driven application.
Astra was initially built as a destination for on-prem users of Cassandra to lower costs and move to the cloud. Migrating data is part of our core competencies as a result., We’ve since expanded that to various on-prem data workloads and have many successful user stories that we’re proud to share. Our experts can assist with data models, applications, and the logistics of safely moving existing data with minimal downtime.
We deeply understand the cloud journey many enterprises have gone through or are currently implementing. We have outstanding partnerships with AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud that help integrate not only the technical aspects but also the financial. If you have picked your home cloud, we will work with you and our cloud partners to use the negotiated usage against Astra. If you are interested in how this would work for your company, contact us for a free evaluation of how we can make this work for your use case.
