--- title: "Webinar | Keep CQL, Simplify Apps, Cut Costs: From DataStax to YugabyteDB Migration with HexaRocket" description: Migrate from DataStax Cassandra to YugabyteDB with HexaRocket. No rewrite, custom scripts, or complex proxy. Keep CQL, gain ACID transactions, cut costs. image: https://info.yugabyte.com/hubfs/YugabyteDB_On%20Demand%20Webinar_HexaCluster_Social_1200x630.png --- [![YugabyteDB Logo](https://info.yugabyte.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/yugabytedb/images/template-assets/yugabytedb-logo.svg "YugabyteDB Logo")](https://www.yugabyte.com/) ON-DEMAND WEBINAR # Keep CQL, Simplify Apps, Cut Costs: From DataStax to YugabyteDB Migration with HexaRocket ![hexa-full-logo-dark](https://info.yugabyte.com/hs-fs/hubfs/hexa-full-logo-dark.png?width=300&height=81&name=hexa-full-logo-dark.png "hexa-full-logo-dark") ## How to Keep Cassandra-Scale, Gain ACID, and Avoid Vendor Lock-In IBM’s acquisition of DataStax is complete, and the Stargate APIs have been discontinued. The roadmap teams built on no longer belong to the company they initially chose. For most teams, the question isn’t whether they should modernize, but rather if the IBM acquisition will require them to rewrite years of CQL-based applications and data models. Many enterprises are now reconsidering their database options and taking the opportunity to explore open-source alternatives that provide native CQL compatibility. They need a database that delivers the relational guarantees, distributed scale, and multi-region resilience modern applications require, without abandoning the Cassandra work already built. **Watch the webinar to learn how to migrate from DataStax while keeping Cassandra scale**, adding ACID, secondary indexes, and PostgreSQL, all on the same cluster. ### Watch the Webinar ### Why Watch? In this webinar, **Avi Vallarapu, CEO at HexaCluster, and Alan Caldera, Distinguished Engineer at Yugabyte,** walk through the engineering steps needed to migrate from DataStax Cassandra to YugabyteDB and demonstrate a practical path forward using HexaRocket. ### What You'll Learn - What IBM’s acquisition means for DataStax and Astra DB customers, and why you should consider your options before your next renewal - Why Cassandra’s consistency model creates compounding engineering costs as applications scale, and how a relational model at distributed scale avoids this - How to migrate without a rewrite: CQL compatibility, schema conversion, data migration, and CDC-based replication in YugabyteDB - A live demo of HexaRocket working through an end-to-end migration from DataStax Cassandra - Interactive Q&A on migration planning, compatibility checks, and what the process realistically involves ## Speakers ![YugabyteDB\_Name-Webinar\_Avinash-Vallarapu\_500x500\_01](https://info.yugabyte.com/hs-fs/hubfs/YugabyteDB_Name-Webinar_Avinash-Vallarapu_500x500_01.png?width=499&height=500&name=YugabyteDB_Name-Webinar_Avinash-Vallarapu_500x500_01.png "YugabyteDB_Name-Webinar_Avinash-Vallarapu_500x500_01") ### Avi Vallarapu Founder & CEO, HexaCluster Avinash Vallarapu is the CEO and Chief of Products at HexaCluster, where he focuses on building practical, high-impact solutions around PostgreSQL and distributed data platforms. A long-time PostgreSQL enthusiast and open-source contributor, Avi has played a key role in supporting contributions to 50+ PostgreSQL tools and extensions across the ecosystem. He is the author of multiple PostgreSQL books and a familiar voice on global conference stages, known for translating complex database topics into actionable guidance for engineering teams. Across a 21-year career, Avi has worked hands-on with a wide range of database technologies including PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB, Sybase, and DB2. He has led initiatives spanning database architecture, performance, operational reliability, and large-scale modernization programs. At HexaCluster, he spearheaded the development of products like HexaRocket, designed for end-to-end database migrations and modernization with minimal downtime. His recent work centers on helping organizations modernize legacy application stacks, moving from monoliths to microservices, adopting open-source technologies strategically, and delivering transformation blueprints that scale for the long term. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/avinash-vallarapu/) ![YugabyteDB\_Name-Webinar\_Alan-Cladera\_500x500\_01](https://info.yugabyte.com/hs-fs/hubfs/YugabyteDB_Name-Webinar_Alan-Cladera_500x500_01.png?width=499&height=500&name=YugabyteDB_Name-Webinar_Alan-Cladera_500x500_01.png "YugabyteDB_Name-Webinar_Alan-Cladera_500x500_01") ### Alan Caldera Distinguished Engineer, YugabyteDB Alan is a Distinguished Engineer at Yugabyte. As Yugabyte's first Sales Engineering hire in 2018, Alan has played a key role in many of the transformations customers have undertaken. Prior to joining Yugabyte, Alan worked with ParAccel (progenitor of Amazon Redshift), InfluxDB, IBM, and Informix in presales, consulting, and development roles. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alan-caldera/) ## Learn More ![YugabyteDB\_Distributed-database-Cassandra-Users\_Content-Library\_Thumb\_480x320](https://info.yugabyte.com/hubfs/YugabyteDB_Distributed-database-Cassandra-Users_Content-Library_Thumb_480x320.png "YugabyteDB_Distributed-database-Cassandra-Users_Content-Library_Thumb_480x320") The Distributed Database Cassandra Users Migrate To This infographic provides an overview of DataStax Enterprise vs YugabyteDB capabilities and highlights customers already on YSQL. ![YugabyteDB\_Active-Paper\_Email-Header\_700x608-Social](https://info.yugabyte.com/hubfs/YugabyteDB_Active-Paper_Email-Header_700x608-Social.png "YugabyteDB_Active-Paper_Email-Header_700x608-Social") Modern Design Patterns: From Disaster Recovery to Ultra-Resilience This white paper explores the design patterns and recommendations for building highly available, fault-tolerant systems that meet modern, global, always-on demands. ![YugabyteDB\_Hubspot-Learn-More\_Gartner-VOC\_01](https://info.yugabyte.com/hubfs/YugabyteDB_Hubspot-Learn-More_Gartner-VOC_01.png "YugabyteDB_Hubspot-Learn-More_Gartner-VOC_01") Gartner® Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Cloud Database Management Systems View a complimentary copy of the Voice of the Customer for Cloud Database Management Systems to learn more about YugabyteDB, other cloud database management vendors, and the latest cloud database advancements. ![YugabyteDB\_Hubspot-Learn-More\_Cassandra-Datastax\_01](https://info.yugabyte.com/hubfs/YugabyteDB_Hubspot-Learn-More_Cassandra-Datastax_01.png "YugabyteDB_Hubspot-Learn-More_Cassandra-Datastax_01") YugabyteDB: delivering Cassandra value plus a modern, AI-Native distributed architecture. 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