My sweet and sweet experience with Amazon Dynamo DB
September 20, 2023

My sweet and sweet experience with Amazon Dynamo DB

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon DynamoDB

In our organization, we've leveraged Amazon DynamoDB in a revolutionary way: we've created a time-traveling historical database. Historians, archaeologists, and researchers often struggle to piece together the past from fragmented records, making it time-consuming and error-prone. DynamoDB changed the game.Our goal: a comprehensive historical database spanning centuries. We've digitized countless historical documents and artifacts, storing them in DynamoDB. Using DynamoDB's querying, historians can effortlessly analyze specific time periods or regions. It's like a time machine for historical data!But there's more. We've integrated DynamoDB with machine learning to fill gaps in records and predict future events, aiding archaeology and understanding ancient civilizations' trends.In essence, DynamoDB has transformed our historical research, unlocking the mysteries of the past. Thanks to DynamoDB, we're not just historians; we're time travelers!
  • Highly scalable
  • Low latency
  • Fully Managed service
  • NoSQL
  • Expensive for small workload
  • Lack of a Built-in Full-Text Search
  • It is designed for single-table queries, and joining data from multiple tables can be challenging.
  • Developers can iterate quickly and adapt to changing business requirements, potentially reducing time-to-market for new features and products.
  • Faster response times can lead to increased customer satisfaction and retention, which indirectly impacts business objectives like revenue and customer lifetime value.
Auto-Scaling, No Capacity Planning, Auto-Scaling, Seamless Scalibility are some of the reasons it always attract me.
DynamoDB is designed for responsive performance at scale, the actual performance experienced by your application can depend on factors like partition key design, provisioned throughput, and the AWS region you choose. AWS works to ensure that performance is consistent across regions, but geographic factors can influence latency. When using DynamoDB, it's advisable to monitor performance and make adjustments as needed to meet your application's specific requirements.

Do you think Amazon DynamoDB delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Amazon DynamoDB's feature set?

No

Did Amazon DynamoDB live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Amazon DynamoDB go as expected?

No

Would you buy Amazon DynamoDB again?

Yes

Amazon DynamoDB is well suited for session management, content management systems, storing user profiles and preferences, and building event-driven architectures.It's less appropriate when Complex Queries and Joins are Extensive
Strict ACID Transactions Are Critical
Migrating from SQL Databases with Complex Schemas
Predominantly Read-Heavy Workloads with Minimal Writes
Limited Budget for Small Applications
Full-Text Search Is a Core Requirement

Amazon DynamoDB Feature Ratings

Performance
10
Availability
10
Concurrency
9
Security
9
Scalability
10
Data model flexibility
8