# ScyllaDB alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 230 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where ScyllaDB holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/scylladb/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- MongoDB: 128
- Amazon DynamoDB: 22
- Couchbase: 7
- Redis: 6
- Azure Cosmos DB: 5
- Google Cloud Firestore: 5

## NoSQL databases

**Small business**: 82 of 84 answers did not name ScyllaDB.

- MongoDB: first choice in 56 of those 82
- Amazon DynamoDB: first choice in 7 of those 82
- Google Cloud Firestore: first choice in 5 of those 82
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 5 of those 82
- Couchbase: first choice in 2 of those 82
- Apache CouchDB: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Azure Cosmos DB: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Firebase Realtime Database: first choice in 1 of those 82

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name ScyllaDB (ScyllaDB is #5 of 13 at 2%).

- MongoDB: first choice in 39 of those 74
- Amazon DynamoDB: first choice in 7 of those 74
- Redis: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Apache Cassandra: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Couchbase: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Google Firebase Firestore: first choice in 1 of those 74
- MongoDB Atlas Free Tier: first choice in 1 of those 74
- Neo4j: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 74 of 84 answers did not name ScyllaDB (ScyllaDB is #6 of 9 at 2%).

- MongoDB: first choice in 33 of those 74
- Amazon DynamoDB: first choice in 8 of those 74
- Azure Cosmos DB: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Couchbase: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Apache Cassandra: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Redis: first choice in 2 of those 74
- DataStax: first choice in 1 of those 74
- DataStax Astra DB: first choice in 1 of those 74

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