ScyllaDB Alternator: The Open Source DynamoDB-compatible API

ScyllaDB's Alternator project aims to provide an open-source, DynamoDB-compatible API that allows applications developed for Amazon DynamoDB to run seamlessly on ScyllaDB. As ScyllaDB evolved from its beginnings as a re-implementation of Apache Cassandra, it now offers significant performance and cost advantages, such as the ability to handle millions of operations per second with low latency on fewer resources, resulting in substantial cost savings. The Alternator project is not yet generally available but is incorporated into the ScyllaDB source code, with plans for further development and a future enterprise release. ScyllaDB emphasizes openness, offering a fully open-source platform under the AGPL license, allowing users to run it in various environments without vendor lock-in. The project seeks to enhance compatibility and performance with features such as workload prioritization, light-weight transactions, and future additions like user-defined functions and change data capture. ScyllaDB continues to disrupt traditional commercial vendors by promoting an open and collaborative development model.