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Amazon DynamoDB

Overview

What is Amazon DynamoDB?

Amazon DynamoDB is a cloud-native, NoSQL, serverless database service.

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A perfect cloud DB

9 out of 10
September 28, 2023
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Popular Features

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  • Availability (70)
    9.4
    94%
  • Scalability (69)
    9.4
    94%
  • Performance (69)
    9.2
    92%
  • Security (70)
    9.0
    90%

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Richard Rout
Software Developer
FACT0RY (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Insurance Company, 1-10 employees
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Pricing

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Provisioned - Read Operation

$0.00013

Cloud
capacity unit per hour

Provisioned - Write Operation

$0.00065

Cloud
capacity unit per hour

Provisioned - Global Tables

$0.000975

Cloud
per Read Capacity

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/pricing…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

NoSQL Databases

NoSQL databases are designed to be used across large distrusted systems. They are notably much more scalable and much faster and handling very large data loads than traditional relational databases.

9.2
Avg 8.8
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Product Details

What is Amazon DynamoDB?

Amazon DynamoDB is a NoSQL, fully managed, serverless database boasting limitless scalability and single-digit millisecond latency performance enabling customers to develop modern, microservice-based applications through a simple API. DynamoDB’s fully-managed service includes broad compliance standards, security integration with AWS Identity and Access Management and numerous disaster recovery services. With DynamoDB Global Tables, customers are offered a 99.999% highly available, multi-Region, multi-active database supporting local reads and writes for globally distributed users. DynamoDB provides cost management features such as scale-to-zero, Time to Live (TTL) for aging data out, and multiple pricing models including a free tier.

Amazon DynamoDB Features

NoSQL Databases Features

  • Supported: Performance
  • Supported: Availability
  • Supported: Concurrency
  • Supported: Security
  • Supported: Scalability
  • Supported: Data model flexibility

Additional Features

  • Supported: Amazon DynamoDB is serverless allowing customers to scale instantly as workloads increase while providing an on-demand billing mode where they only pay for the resources consumed.
  • Supported: Amazon DynamoDB provides up to a 99.999% SLA with zero downtime or maintenance windows.

Amazon DynamoDB Screenshots

Screenshot of Amazon DynamoDB in the AWS Console

Amazon DynamoDB Videos

AWS re:Invent 2019: Data modeling with Amazon DynamoDB (CMY304)
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Amazon DynamoDB Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported CountriesGlobal, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
Supported LanguagesEnglish, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, French, Mandarin Chinese

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon DynamoDB is a cloud-native, NoSQL, serverless database service.

MongoDB Atlas, Redis™*, and Azure Cosmos DB are common alternatives for Amazon DynamoDB.

Reviewers rate Deployment model flexibility highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Amazon DynamoDB are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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November 14, 2023

If you need quick noSQL for serverless applications, DynamoDB is a good option to consider

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Insurance Company, 1-10 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Performance
10
We have never had any issues, it scales or not, performs the same way. It’s very fast and fully managed , everything is almost automatically done. You only worry about your application’s code, and initial configuration. Also pay attention to billing, so that you do not use it for things cheaper alternatives would be just as well at for all your needs.
October 12, 2023

DynamoDB is a serverless, fully managed and NOSQL database.

MK
Mayank Kumar
Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Boxinall Softech (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
10
DynamoDB is a NOSQL database that is serverless and completely managed.Scalability is achieved once the application begins to collect data.It duplicates data in three availability zones in a single region for data recovery.It also interfaces with IAm for fine-grained database access control.The DynamoDB Accelerator can be used to reduce latency.
October 06, 2023

Best NoSQL Database Tool

Verified User
Director in Engineering
E-Learning Company, 1-10 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
10
It works very well across all the regions and response time is also very quick due to AWS's internal data transfer. Plus if your product requires HIPPA or some other regulations needs to be followed, you can easily replicate the DB into multiple regions and they manage all by it's own.
October 06, 2023

Extremely Scalable - Full Marks for scalability

HM
Harshit Mishra
Tech Lead
98 Degree North (Apparel & Fashion, 11-50 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
8
Amazon DynamoDB provides a seemless experince, in my case it has provided a seemless expeirnce no doubt about that. Yes till now for us Amazon DynamoDB has been responsive at low and high scales, it auto adjusts it read and write queries. We have used it only in India,it works well for India, for other regions i cannot say much as i havent used it
October 03, 2023

Amazing self-managing DB.

AD
Abrar Dar
Senior Web Developer
Edii (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
8
All of the amazon web services perform amazingly well in all regions due to its huge service network I suppose. Hence there should not be any reason to Amazon DynamoDB under performing in selective regions. In my experience, as far as scalability is concerned, it exceeds the expectations by far and performs highly in every scenario thrown at it.
October 02, 2023

Best in business!

RK
Rohit Kumar
Backend Developer
EDII (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
9
No latency issues encountered so far, which says a lot about the performance of Amazon DynamoDB. Handles a lot of complexities such as partitions in order to meet these performance requirements. The scalability provided by Amazon DynamoDB makes it an excellent choice for a self-managing database.
September 29, 2023

For a fast, reliable, and dynamic database schema needs, DynamoDB is your solution!

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
9
We keep our instance in only one region so I can not speak on a comparison. When we would ask for a large volume of data to be returned back, the service was exceptionally quick and fast to return the output. There were no worries about lag or performance from our standpoint.
September 28, 2023

Best NoSQL database tool!

Verified User
Team Lead in Customer Service
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
10
No doubt about the performance its doing good job and our customers are so happy, as its scalable, it will handle large amount of data and traffic.
September 28, 2023

A perfect cloud DB

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Telecommunications Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
9
Yes, we see a very good performance benefits in a cost effective manner. No lag when we compare the performance across different region.
As its availability is very good, it helps all our business users and customers to access it more seamlessly. It support more complex queries as well that a plus.
September 28, 2023

Great products!

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Networking Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
8
Amazon DynamoDB has 99.999% SLA, which beats almost all other self host db solutions . Even if the service has any issues, aws has online supports 24/7. Which gives us the confidence to tell customer how reliable our products are
September 25, 2023

DynamoDB from a service providers perspective

QY
Qasim Yousufzai
DevOps Engineer
NOVA Cloud (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
10
I'm not sure about using it outside the Us-east-1 and us-west-1 as most of my clients are based in that geographical location, but I have heard through some colleagues that it works seamlessly all over whether it is middle east or Singapore region. However when we scale it in the us-east-1 region it works like a charm.
September 21, 2023

Scalability and Speed: DynamoDB Delivers Performance Excellence

Verified User
Engineer in Quality Assurance
Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
7
While the actual performance of DynamoDB can vary based on workload and region, it is generally highly responsive and well-regarded for delivering low-latency access to data, making it a strong choice for applications with stringent performance requirements. Organizations often choose DynamoDB for its ability to provide a reliable and performant database service, particularly when combined with effective application design and optimization.
September 21, 2023

Best Database in Market!

SS
Shireen Shahab
Web Developer
EDII (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
9
First of all, it gives a seamless experience to its users. It is a fully managed, serverless, NoSQL database that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability. It has two capacity modes for processing reads and writes on tables, which ensures that it performs as expected with little variation in response time as defined by the table's capacity mode.
September 20, 2023

Feature packed with amazing service!

SD
Sulaiman Danish
Web Developer
Edii (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
8
It performs great in high stake situations such as having robust caching solutions, high concurrency and thousands of connections. Having this kind of performance automatically, without putting in the work is a boon. We all know dealing with setup and configuration can be hectic sometimes.
September 20, 2023

DynamoDB: The Scalable, Durable, and Cost-Effective NoSQL Database

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
9
as i have mentioned earlier it suits in all situation where scalability is considered, iot based data storage is required there also it is performing well. all the points for iot based solution or third party application integration all is possible with dynamo db.
September 20, 2023

Making better data decisions with Amazon DynamoDB

Verified User
Employee in Research & Development
Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
9
For us, it performs well in most of the regions. It surely provides a seamless experience as it has greatly helped in us providing real-time analysis on huge datasets which has greatly reduced time to customer which was not the case before. It is responsive at all scales for sure.
September 20, 2023

My sweet and sweet experience with Amazon Dynamo DB

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Computer Networking Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
9
DynamoDB is designed for responsive performance at scale, the actual performance experienced by your application can depend on factors like partition key design, provisioned throughput, and the AWS region you choose. AWS works to ensure that performance is consistent across regions, but geographic factors can influence latency. When using DynamoDB, it's advisable to monitor performance and make adjustments as needed to meet your application's specific requirements.
September 20, 2023

DynamoDB is fast, secure and easy to use.

Izcóatl Estañol | TrustRadius Reviewer
Izcóatl Estañol
Interactive Experiences Architect
CTMI (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Performance
10
In our experience, the perceived performance for DynamoDB is always fast and consistent under different scenarios. IT has always been consistent on performance and responsiveness without generating any kind of complaint from our users.
Of course, we are always putting this as our edge DB use cases that are near our customers with the support of other databases for permanent persistence under an structured relational more complex model.
We have used it on limited regions where our main clients have their business, so we have not experienced any region with different behavior.
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