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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
InterSystems IRIS
IRIS, and that comes from the time of Caché, works very well with hospitals, medical data, which need agility and an immediate response for access. Of course, it is not limited to the medical area, and works well with any area, however, the biggest highlight is in the hospital area.
System Analyst
BPlusInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
NoSQL Databases
Amazon DynamoDB
8.5
InterSystems IRIS
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Performance
Amazon DynamoDB
8.7
InterSystems IRIS
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Availability
Amazon DynamoDB
9.3
InterSystems IRIS
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Concurrency
Amazon DynamoDB
8.7
InterSystems IRIS
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Security
Amazon DynamoDB
9.0
InterSystems IRIS
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Scalability
Amazon DynamoDB
8.9
InterSystems IRIS
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Data model flexibility
Amazon DynamoDB
7.1
InterSystems IRIS
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Deployment model flexibility
Amazon DynamoDB
8.1
InterSystems IRIS
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Database Development
Amazon DynamoDB
—
InterSystems IRIS
8.1
Version control tools
Amazon DynamoDB
—
InterSystems IRIS
7.7
Test data generation
Amazon DynamoDB
—
InterSystems IRIS
8.0
Performance optimization tools
Amazon DynamoDB
—
InterSystems IRIS
8.4
Schema maintenance
Amazon DynamoDB
—
InterSystems IRIS
8.0
Database change management
Amazon DynamoDB
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InterSystems IRIS
8.3
Database Administration
Amazon DynamoDB
—
InterSystems IRIS
8.4
User management
Amazon DynamoDB
—
InterSystems IRIS
8.4
Database security
Amazon DynamoDB
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InterSystems IRIS
8.7
Database status reporting
Amazon DynamoDB
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InterSystems IRIS
8.3
Change management
Amazon DynamoDB
—
InterSystems IRIS
8.3
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
InterSystems IRIS
- The database, which is one of the best in the market, with tools available for creating BI and API.
- A redesign of the portal's administration screens and making some dark themes available to the studio.
- With this platform is relatively easy to manage and deploy.
Fullstack Developer
Coden3Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Cons
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
InterSystems IRIS
- If you need a quick install and deployment, needs docker, and this tech is not available in all customers.
- The only thing is that the documentation is a little bit weak but you have the Intersystems Community to get questions answered
- They could improve the usability of the administration portal
Programmer
BPlus Tecnologia LTDAComputer Software, 11-50 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 employeesInterSystems IRIS
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Usability
Amazon DynamoDB
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
InterSystems IRIS
InterSystems IRIS 7.6
Based on 3 answers
The interface is very intuitive, the documentation is very good so it is not complicated to operate.
The security is complex, but you can create a special role to access and the user ONLY can operate with the part that it allows.
Also, you can examine the data very quick with the SQL Browser integrated.
Desarrollador de software sénior, Analista
Salutic SolucionesComputer Software, 11-50 employees
Support Rating
Amazon DynamoDB
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
InterSystems IRIS
InterSystems IRIS 8.8
Based on 3 answers
The support team is the best in the world. All you need they can help you. The documentation is very good, but the support team can help you in less than 24h (some hours if it's very urgent).
Also, there is a great developers team in a good community that can help you in several languages (English, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, etc.).
Desarrollador de software sénior, Analista
Salutic SolucionesComputer Software, 11-50 employees
Alternatives 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 employeesInterSystems IRIS
The only comparison I can make is that they are all database tools. I strongly believe that just the fact that IRIS is not so widespread and easy to find in research forums is the reason why it is not so "famous". The tool meets and meets all needs for any situation.
System Analyst
BPlusInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 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
InterSystems IRIS
- I believe that the main impact is to be able to meet customer needs. On that point, InterSystems IRIS provided subsidies to make this possible.
Systems Analyst
BPLUS Tecnologia LTDAInformation Technology & Services, 11-50 employees
Screenshots
Amazon DynamoDB
InterSystems IRIS
—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
- per GB
- capacity unit per hour
- per GB per month
- per GB
- per Read Capacity
- per 100,000 read operations
- per GB
Additional Pricing Details
—InterSystems IRIS
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
InterSystems IRIS Editions & Modules
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