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Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon DynamoDB
It is ideal for those projects where you need to store a large amount of data, but you do not know how many will be so you need the database to increase its storage capacity together with the number of users, without having to spend extra money, it also has a great potential thanks to the fast connection it offers, so the data travels at high speed, and this speeds up the performance of the applications, excellent for projects where non-relational databases are used and what matters is to store large quantities of information and use them at high speed.
Software Developer
Globalsoft SolutionsComputer Software, 51-200 employees
IBM Cloud Databases
We are using the analytics environment in the cloud for IBM, so it makes most sense to use the cloud based Dbs available. We have some structured data that is important to our analytics, and dragging it down to IBM cloud has had good success. The unstructured data that we need to work with has all the resources it needs for the various cloud Db options.
Business Intelligence Supervisor
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue ShieldInsurance, 1001-5000 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
NoSQL Databases
Amazon DynamoDB
8.5
IBM Cloud Databases
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Performance
Amazon DynamoDB
8.7
IBM Cloud Databases
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Availability
Amazon DynamoDB
9.3
IBM Cloud Databases
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Concurrency
Amazon DynamoDB
8.7
IBM Cloud Databases
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Security
Amazon DynamoDB
9.0
IBM Cloud Databases
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Scalability
Amazon DynamoDB
8.9
IBM Cloud Databases
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Data model flexibility
Amazon DynamoDB
7.1
IBM Cloud Databases
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Deployment model flexibility
Amazon DynamoDB
8.1
IBM Cloud Databases
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Database-as-a-Service
Amazon DynamoDB
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IBM Cloud Databases
8.2
Automatic software patching
Amazon DynamoDB
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IBM Cloud Databases
8.3
Database scalability
Amazon DynamoDB
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IBM Cloud Databases
8.3
Automated backups
Amazon DynamoDB
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IBM Cloud Databases
8.8
Database security provisions
Amazon DynamoDB
—
IBM Cloud Databases
8.0
Monitoring and metrics
Amazon DynamoDB
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IBM Cloud Databases
6.6
Automatic host deployment
Amazon DynamoDB
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IBM Cloud Databases
9.0
Pros
Amazon DynamoDB
- It's very easy to get started, creating a table with a partition/sort key and you're on your way.
- You can scale up and down your read/write IO as needed.
- You can store structured and unstructured data.
- It works great with Web Development as it's JSON based.
Founder, Owner
CodeLinguists LLCComputer Software, 1-10 employees
IBM Cloud Databases
- The ease of setup was effortless. For anyone with development experience, a few simple questions such as name and login data will get you set up.
- The web application to manage cluster settings, billing settings and even introspect the data was simple and most importantly worked all the time. This can not always be said for web interfaces of other products.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 1-10 employeesCons
Amazon DynamoDB
- Complex searching (no support for case-insensitive or full-text search).
- Only supports up to two-key indexes.
- Requires choosing the indexes up-front when doing searches.
- Does not have an SQL compatible query front-end.
- No join-table support (requires putting all data into one table).
VP of Technology
NewstexComputer Software, 1-10 employees
IBM Cloud Databases
- Better cost reports, before just increasing to another tier, thus increasing the price. This is critical for early stage startups, where budget is tight.
- Add more data center options. As a comparison, a similar service, Aiven.io has dozen more options than Compose (basically all big cloud providers). We moved from AWS to Digital Ocean, which made us stop using Compose, since Compose forces us to be either on IBM or AWS.
Co-Founder and CEO
Fred Tecnologia S.A.Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Likelihood to Renew
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB 8.7
Based on 34 answers
We will most likely continue to use DynamoDB for certain use-cases. If we stopped using DynamoDB as often, it would likely be because we started using Aurora Serverless more. Aurora Serverless may offer similar availability, management and cost benefits while allowing developers to use their MySQL tools and experience.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Research Company, 11-50 employeesIBM Cloud Databases
IBM Cloud Databases 9.8
Based on 4 answers
I am very fond of the features and reliability of the compose DaaS, however I could switch if I find same qualities for lower price.

Verified User
Executive in Research & Development
Automotive Company, 1-10 employeesUsability
Amazon DynamoDB
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cloud Databases
IBM Cloud Databases 8.9
Based on 5 answers
In total, IBM Compose has a great interface with only minor flaws, which don't distract from the overall great usability both on desktops and mobile devices.

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Leisure, Travel & Tourism Company, 11-50 employeesSupport Rating
Amazon DynamoDB
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
IBM Cloud Databases
IBM Cloud Databases 9.3
Based on 11 answers
Support is helpful enough, but we haven't always had questions answered in a satisfactory manner. At one time we realized that Compose had stopped taking database snapshots on its two-per-day schedule, and had in fact not taken one for many days. Support recognized the problem and it was fixed, but the lack of proactive checks and the inability to share exactly what happened has caused us to look elsewhere for production work loads
Founder & CEO
SyrahComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Implementation Rating
Amazon DynamoDB
No answers on this topic
IBM Cloud Databases
We did not use IBM professional services. We had sufficient in-house expertise for the implementation; we found it relatively straightforward.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Corporate
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesAlternatives Considered
Amazon DynamoDB
We evaluated using MongoDB or Amazon DyanmoDB. For us, the biggest advantage is that there's no maintenance cost for Amazon DynamoDB. Mongo gets complicated when you setup sharding. With Amazon DynamoDB, it's literally a push of button to increase throughput. This saves time and money on DevOps resources.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesIBM Cloud Databases
I did compare IBM Compose for PostgreSQL with PostgreSQL offerings available from Amazon and Google. IBM Compose was judged easier to provision and maintain.I'm pleased with the additional more granular provisioning flexibility and more favorable cost structure that has come with the transition to IBM Databases for PostgreSQL.
Chief Code-Wrangler
WatusiWare CorporationComputer Software, 1-10 employees
Return on Investment
Amazon DynamoDB
- Since the Amazon manages the instance, the amount of time a developer needs to spend configuring the database is less. For comparison, if we were to manage the same instance manually, we need to set up EC2 instance, install the DB, setup backup scripts, track backup failures, which is a great overhead for the dev. Using DynamoDB this overhead is reduced and hence having a great ROI.
- Great documentation and easy setup makes an easy learning curve to transition to DynamoDB. Only caveat is as with any database, the data structure should be thoroughly analyzed for types of querying because there are limitations with the DynamoDB API.
- Ties very well with rest of the Amazon eco system. Having rest of the applications in Amazon allows managing the application security a breeze.
Application Developer
Monsanto CompanyFarming, 10,001+ employees
IBM Cloud Databases
- At the beginning, VERY positive. I didn't know Mongo very well when I started this project, and I needed to get a POC up very quickly. Compose let me basically ignore all database management.
- Compose basically kept up its end of the deal... until a few months ago when we started pushing the envelope. Latency problems and, despite digging deep into documentation, etc, unable to really understand if/how much our Compose instance was to blame. In the end it wasn't, but trial and error was about all I was able to do with Compose.
- Globally, Compose had a very good ROI, since it allowed me to offload DB admin at a moment when having to do it would have seriously slowed our progress.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Food & Beverages Company, 11-50 employeesScreenshots
Amazon DynamoDB
IBM Cloud Databases
—Pricing Details
Amazon DynamoDB
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Amazon DynamoDB Editions & Modules
Edition
On-Demand - Write Operation | $1.251 |
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On-Demand Read Operation | $0.251 |
On-Demand Data Stored | $0.252 |
On-Demand Point-in-Time Recovery | $0.202 |
On-Demand Snapshot | $0.102 |
On-Demand Restoring a Backup | $0.153 |
On-Demand Global Tables | $1.8754 |
On-Demand Streams | $0.025 |
On-Demand Data Requests Outside AWS Regions | $0.096 |
Provisioned - Write Operation | $0.000657 |
Provisioned - Read Operation | $0.000137 |
Provisioned - Data Stored | $0.258 |
Provisioned - Point-in-Time Recovery | $0.208 |
Provisioned - Snapshot | $0.108 |
Provisioned - Restoring a Backup | $0.159 |
Provisioned - Global Tables | $0.00097510 |
Provisioned - Streams | $0.0211 |
Provisioned - Data Requests Outside AWS Regions | $0.0912 |
- per million requests
- per GB per month
- per GB
- per million write operations replicated
- per 100,000 read operations
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- capacity unit per hour
- per GB per month
- per GB
- per Read Capacity
- per 100,000 read operations
- per GB
Additional Pricing Details
—IBM Cloud Databases
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
IBM Cloud Databases Editions & Modules
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