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AttributeCassandraOpen sourceMySQLOpen source
Overview
Primary focusMasterless, wide-column NoSQL database built for multi-datacenter availabilityWidely used open-source relational database, now developed by Oracle
DeploymentSelf-hostedSelf-hosted
Source modelOpen sourceOpen source
Pricing modelopen sourceopen source
API availableYesYes
Windows desktopNot specifiedNot specified
Mobile appNot specifiedNot specified
OverviewApache Cassandra is an open-source, peer-to-peer NoSQL database that replicates data across nodes and datacenters with tunable consistency and no single point of failure.MySQL is a relational database using SQL, dual-licensed under GPL and a commercial Oracle license, with InnoDB as its default transactional storage engine.
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CassandraOpen source
Primary focus
Masterless, wide-column NoSQL database built for multi-datacenter availability
Deployment
Self-hosted
Source model
Open source
Pricing model
open source
API available
Yes
Windows desktop
Not specified
Mobile app
Not specified
Overview
Apache Cassandra is an open-source, peer-to-peer NoSQL database that replicates data across nodes and datacenters with tunable consistency and no single point of failure.
MySQLOpen source
Primary focus
Widely used open-source relational database, now developed by Oracle
Deployment
Self-hosted
Source model
Open source
Pricing model
open source
API available
Yes
Windows desktop
Not specified
Mobile app
Not specified
Overview
MySQL is a relational database using SQL, dual-licensed under GPL and a commercial Oracle license, with InnoDB as its default transactional storage engine.

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