Pros and Cons of Amazon DynamoDB 2025

Name: What is Amazon DynamoDB?
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Description: What is Amazon DynamoDB?

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What is Amazon DynamoDB?

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

DynamoDB CAN be great!

Rating: 7 out of 10

June 25, 2024

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

AWS DynamoDB allows our company to easily access a no SQL database without the hassle of maintaining it ourselves. Service discovery, networking, and IAM are all handled nativ...

Verified user

Team Lead

5 years of experience

DynamoDB is a great NoSQL storage solution

Rating: 9 out of 10

February 4, 2024

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use Amazon DynamoDB as a scalable solution for NoSQL related storage of data. It can take some getting used to how to work the primary + secondary indexes to get the most b...

Richard Rout

Engineer - Information Technology

Software Developer

FACT0RY

1 year of experience

DynamoDB from a service providers perspective

Rating: 10 out of 10

September 25, 2023

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

Dynamo DB is my go-to option when requirements are for NoSQL DB that can scale very fast and have the options of global tables that can be used to support bigger infrastructur...

Qasim Yousufzai

Engineer - Engineering

DevOps Engineer

NOVA Cloud

3 years of experience

Best Database in Market!

Rating: 10 out of 10

September 21, 2023

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

We use DynamoDB as it is made to run high-performance applications at any size. As it offers offers practically infinite storage and is adaptable, we use it on daily basis. It...

Shireen Shahab

Employee - Information Technology

Web Developer

EDII

4 years of experience

DynamoDB is fast, secure and easy to use.

Rating: 9 out of 10

September 20, 2023

IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User

Since this is a NoSQL DB that is able to sustain dingle-digit millisecond response times, it is very useful to implement architectures with delightful responsive UX to all our...

Izcóatl Estañol

Director - Information Technology

Interactive Experiences Architect

CTMI

7 years of experience

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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.

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Avg 8.8

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Performance
(68) Ratings
How fast the database performs under data load
9.4
Availability
(69) Ratings
Availability is the probability that the NoSQL database will be available to preform its function when called upon.
8.9
Concurrency
(67) Ratings
Concurrency is the ability for multiple processes to access or change shared data simultaneously. The greater the number of concurrent user processes that can execute without blocking each other, the greater the concurrency of the database system.
9.1
Security
(69) Ratings
Security features include authentication against external security mechanisms liker LDAP, Windows Active Directory, and authorization or privilege management. Some NoSQL databases also support encryption.
9.4
Scalability
(68) Ratings
NoSQL databases are inherently more stable than relational databases and have built-in support for replication and partitioning of data to support scalability.
8.5
Data model flexibility
(66) Ratings
NoSQL databases do not rely on rely on tables, columns, rows, or schemas to organize and retrieve data, but use use more flexible data models to accommodate the large volume and variety of data being generated by modern applications.
10
Deployment model flexibility
(23) Ratings
Can be deployed on-premise or in the cloud.

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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

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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)

What is Amazon DynamoDB?

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Amazon DynamoDB Technical Details

Deployment Types	Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating Systems	Unspecified
Mobile Application	No
Supported Countries	Global, North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
Supported Languages	English, 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 Software, 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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DynamoDB is a great NoSQL storage solution

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 04, 2024

Richard Rout

Software Developer

FACT0RY (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

1 year of experience

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Pros

Scalable data storage
Solid NoSQL database
Amazon's reliability
Serverless solution

Cons

Not as flexible as something like Firebase
Has a learning curve for indexes
Ties you into AWS infrastructure

DynamoDB CAN be great!

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

June 25, 2024

Verified User

Team Lead in Information Technology

Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 51-200 employees

Vetted Review

Verified User

5 years of experience

Pros

Easy hashing.
Guaranteed response times.
Easy provisioning.

Cons

Query console.
Usage metrics.
ETL

DynamoDB from a service providers perspective

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 25, 2023

Qasim Yousufzai

DevOps Engineer

NOVA Cloud (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

3 years of experience

Pros

Scaling
Global tables feature
High performance
Integration with other AWS services

Cons

Cost can be lower.
Complexity of working with global tables.
Schema design challenges

Best Database in Market!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

September 21, 2023

Shireen Shahab

Web Developer

EDII (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

4 years of experience

Pros

To manage varying workloads, it enables users to increase capacity as necessary and decrease it as needed.
Users can take advantage of its auto-scaling, in-memory caching, and backup without paying for the services of a database administrator.
We can use it for low scale operations.

Cons

I would say a better user interface
Better data management
Scan operations should be more efficient

DynamoDB is fast, secure and easy to use.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 20, 2023

Izcóatl Estañol

Interactive Experiences Architect

CTMI (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

Verified User

7 years of experience

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Pros

Fast response
Availability
Security on rest
Ease of use

Cons

Cost model may not be easy to control and may lead to higher costs if not carefully planned
Indexing may be a cost culprit when not planned, because it's not included on the data costs
The Query Language may not fulfill everybody's expectations, as it has less features than those of competitors.

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Provisioned - Read Operation

$0.00013

Provisioned - Write Operation

$0.00065

Provisioned - Global Tables

$0.000975

MongoDB

Redis Software

Azure Cosmos DB

MySQL

Google Cloud Datastore

Elasticsearch

Microsoft SQL Server

Astra DB

PostgreSQL

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