For example cinder are both orphans at some point, they both fall in love, they both go to a big ball, they are both females and they have cruel caretakers esc.
But Cinder is a poor mechanic , she is mixed with android and human and she is lunar wich is like a race in the book . the book is more futuristic. Cinder became part android because she was in a bad accident. After a controversial part in the story the prince doesn't love her anymore and the book doesn't really have a happy ending.
In Cinderella she is a decently wealthy peasant , she is also full human . the story is based more in the past than Cinder. In Cinder