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Based on 209 reviews and ratings
Feature Set Ratings
- Amazon DynamoDB ranks higher in 1 feature set: NoSQL Databases
NoSQL Databases

9.5
Amazon DynamoDB
95%
9.2
Redis™*
92%
Amazon DynamoDB ranks higher in 5/7 features
Amazon DynamoDB ranks higher in 5/7 features
Performance

9.7
97%
25 Ratings
10.0
100%
69 Ratings
Availability

9.9
99%
25 Ratings
9.0
90%
69 Ratings
Concurrency

9.8
98%
24 Ratings
9.0
90%
68 Ratings
Security

9.8
98%
25 Ratings
8.0
80%
63 Ratings
Scalability

9.8
98%
24 Ratings
9.1
91%
69 Ratings
Data model flexibility

7.8
78%
25 Ratings
9.9
99%
62 Ratings
Deployment model flexibility

9.7
97%
23 Ratings
9.5
95%
62 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Amazon DynamoDB is rated higher in 3 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability, Support Rating
- Redis™* is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Renew
Likelihood to Recommend

9.7
Amazon DynamoDB
97%
35 Ratings
9.4
Redis™*
94%
76 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew

8.5
Amazon DynamoDB
85%
34 Ratings
8.7
Redis™*
87%
12 Ratings
Usability

10.0
Amazon DynamoDB
100%
1 Rating
8.5
Redis™*
85%
5 Ratings
Support Rating

10.0
Amazon DynamoDB
100%
1 Rating
8.8
Redis™*
88%
7 Ratings
Implementation Rating

Amazon DynamoDB
N/A
0 Ratings
7.3
Redis™*
73%
2 Ratings
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
Redis™*
Redis has been a great investment for our organization as we needed a solution for high speed data caching. The ramp up and integration was quite easy.Redis handles automatic failover internally, so no crashes provides high availability.On the fly scaling scale to more/less cores and memory as and when needed.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Internet Company, 5001-10,000 employeesPros
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
Redis™*
- Easy for developers to understand. Unlike Riak, which I've used in the past, it's fast without having to worry about eventual consistency.
- Reliable. With a proper multi-node configuration, it can handle failover instantly.
- Configurable. We primarily still use Memcache for caching but one of the teams uses Redis for both long-term storage and temporary expiry keys without taking on another external dependency.
- Fast. We process tens of thousands of RPS and it doesn't skip a beat.
CTO
DocuTAPComputer Software, 201-500 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
Redis™*
- We had some difficulty scaling Redis without it becoming prohibitively expensive.
- Redis has very simple search capabilities, which means its not suitable for all use cases.
- Redis doesn't have good native support for storing data in object form and many libraries built over it return data as a string, meaning you need build your own serialization layer over it.
Lead Developer
SaaSquatchMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
Amazon DynamoDB
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0.00,013 capacity unit per hour
Amazon DynamoDB Editions & Modules
Edition
On-Demand - Write Operation | $1.251 |
---|---|
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
—Redis™*
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
$388 per month
Redis™* Editions & Modules
Edition
Cloud | $388.001 |
---|
- per month
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB 8.5
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 employeesRedis™*
Redis™* 8.7
Based on 12 answers
We will definitely continue using Redis because:1. It is free and open source.2. We already use it in so many applications, it will be hard for us to let go.3. There isn't another competitive product that we know of that gives a better performance.4. We never had any major issues with Redis, so no point turning our backs.
Senior Software Engineer
Capital OneFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
Usability
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB 10.0
Based on 1 answer
Very easy to use and we can quickly prototype something using DynamoDB to verify its viability.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employeesRedis™*
Redis™* 8.5
Based on 5 answers
It is quite simple to set up for the purpose of managing user sessions in the backend. It can be easily integrated with other products or technologies, such as Spring in Java. If you need to actually display the data stored in Redis in your application this is a bit difficult to understand initially but is possible.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employeesSupport Rating
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB 10.0
Based on 1 answer
I haven't dealt with the support for Amazon DynamoDB personally.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employeesRedis™*
Redis™* 8.8
Based on 7 answers
The support team has always been excellent in handling our mostly questions, rarely problems. They are responsive, find the solution and get us moving forward again. I have never had to escalate a case with them. They have always solved our problems in a very timely manner. I highly commend the support team.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
Implementation Rating
Amazon DynamoDB
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Redis™*
Redis™* 7.3
Based on 2 answers
Whitelisting of the AWS lambda functions.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Information Technology
Civic & Social Organization Company, 1-10 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 employeesRedis™*
We are big users of MySQL and PostgreSQL. We were looking at replacing our aging web page caching technology and found that we could do it in SQL, but there was a NoSQL movement happening at the time. We dabbled a bit in the NoSQL scene just to get an idea of what it was about and whether it was for us. We tried a bunch, but I can only seem to remember Mongo and Couch. Mongo had big issues early on that drove us to Redis and we couldn't quite figure out how to deploy couch.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Corporate
Financial Services Company, 11-50 employeesReturn 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
Redis™*
- Redis has helped us increase our throughput and server data to a growing amount of traffic while keeping our app fast. We couldn't have grown without the ability to easily cache data that Redis provides.
- Redis has helped us decrease the load on our database. By being able to scale up and cache important data, we reduce the load on our database reducing costs and infra issues.
- Running a Redis node on something like AWS can be costly, but it is often a requirement for scaling a company. If you need data quickly and your business is already a positive ROI, Redis is worth the investment.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Internet Company, 201-500 employees