Database technologies have gone through revolutions in the last decade. With just a handful of databases before, there are now multiple options — selecting the right one for a new project is often a challenge. The last decade saw the rise in popularity of NoSQL databases, which remove some of the complexities of relational databases for use cases that don’t require structured queries. This article attempts to compare two popular NoSQL databases: DynamoDB and Cassandra. It highlights their features and compares database operations.
Evolution
Cassandra is an open-source database released under the Apache License. It was originally built by Facebook for internal use and open-sourced in 2008. Ongoing development and stewardship of Cassandra is handled by the Apache Software Foundation. The latest version available at the time of writing is 5.0.