Item: Amazon DynamoDB
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon DynamoDB

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use DynamoDB as our primary NoSQL database. It allows us to create databases with ease and maintain them without much work on the part of our development team. The cost of using DynamoDB is justified by the amount of time that our developers have saved, allowing us to focus on creating the product itself, not maintain infrastructure.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Completely managed DB solution
Performance
Flexible data model

Cons

The document oriented features are just starting out, and we'd love to see them develop to match MongoDB features.
Running out of provisioned throughput results in error responses. Better options for automatic scaling.

Return on Investment

Faster time to market
Increased productivity
More focus on our product

Alternatives Considered

MongoDB, CouchDB and Cassandra

DynamoDB is fully managed which is a great plus over MongoDB. The feature set is not as strong on MongoDB's for document databases, but it the managed aspect is highly compelling. Similarly for Cassandra, DynamoDB is managed. DynamoDB scales much better than CouchDB.

Likelihood to Renew

We use it for current databases and the cost is low enough to not justify transferring to a new technology.

Likelihood to Recommend

DynamoDB is an excellent NoSQL database and has met most of our needs. Some data models need more rigidity and a relational database is more appropriate. We have also found MongoDB better suited for situations where complex JSON needs to be modified.

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