Item: Amazon DynamoDB
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Amazon DynamoDB is being used in a big data application we wrote in house where the data isn't transactional and the velocity is too high to store in our transactional databases. We're collecting forms data from our company website provided by potential customers so we absolutely need the data, it just doesn't have to be in order or transactional.

Pros and Cons

Velocity
Low management overhead

It is a tad pricey

Return on Investment

The developers just picked it up and ran with it
There wouldn't be an administrative overhead if it wasn't for SOX

Alternatives Considered

MongoDB

I didn't select it over MongoDB or Azure DocumentDB. In fact, we use all three. We let the developers make the choice.

Other Software Used

Azure SQL Database, Azure Cosmos DB, Microsoft SQL Server

Likelihood to Renew

We've written in-house applications using it and unless/until we retire them, we'll continue to use Amazon DynamoDB as the backend.

Likelihood to Recommend

Amazon DynamoDB is a NoSQL database so use it to collect big data that comes in at a high velocity and don't expect it to handle a transactional workload.

Amazon DynamoDB is a solid, well performing NoSQL database.

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon DynamoDB