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Amazon DynamoDB Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users value the scalability of Amazon DynamoDB, benefiting from its automatic scaling and flexibility under heavy loads. (6 mentions)
Users appreciate the ease of use of Amazon DynamoDB, finding it simple to create and manage NoSQL databases. (4 mentions)
Users value the easy integrations of Amazon DynamoDB, enhancing their experience with other AWS services and tools. (4 mentions)
Users appreciate the ease of use and scalability of Amazon DynamoDB, benefiting from its high-performance and flexible features. (4 mentions)
Users value the seamless integration with AWS services, enhancing overall functionality and user experience with DynamoDB. (4 mentions)
Users find DynamoDB relatively costly with high expenses and limited query flexibility complicating their experience. (5 mentions)
Users find the complexity of the pricing model and search functionality challenging, requiring careful data organization and management. (2 mentions)
Users experience a difficult learning curve with DynamoDB, requiring careful data organization and understanding of its NoSQL architecture. (2 mentions)
Users find the inefficient search cumbersome and costly, requiring precise access patterns and lacking full-text search capabilities. (2 mentions)
Users note a steep learning curve with DynamoDB due to its NoSQL nature and limited query flexibility. (2 mentions)

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Amazon DynamoDB Pros and Cons

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Bharath K.
BK
Database Enterprise Analyst
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Dynamodb for nosql"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Dynamodb is a self managed service in aws to store both SQL and nosql workloads. Automatic Backup and monitoring strategies are good.multi az deployments are good for ha and Dr purpose. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Nothing to dislike about dynamodb except it's pricing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ragini C.
RC
Big Data Consultant
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Dynamo DB review"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

It's a no SQL database , We can use it to store large volume of data.

It store the data in columanr oriented form so read and write operation on it is very fast.

It stores all types of data like structure, unstructure and semi structure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

We can't perform sql operation on no SQL database and we have to pay for storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ranjith J.
RJ
Senior Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"One of the best highly scalable no sql database"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Horizontal Scaling and data retrieval rate are two things I like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Once table has been created, though cloudformation, not able to create GSI at once Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Adnan K.
AK
Senior Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Aws compatible database"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Amazon DB is a part of amazon web service that makes it easy to connect with EC2 instances. It can be easily scalable and can be configured for high availability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Since Dynamo DB is NoSQL, therefor limited query options are available and cannot be used for querying the data from amazon dynamoDB Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
CF
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good with scope for more versatility"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Encryption at rest, easy integration with other AWS Services, large volumes support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Costs can be high with multiple consumers or publishers reading data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RP
Associate Software Engineer
Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Best virtual NoSQL Database"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Irrespective of the load on the machine, the performance always remains the same. Even for freshers, setting up the database without any additional resources to refer to is effortless. The documentation is enough to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Everything in DynamoDB is pretty good except for the limited query support, which limits the number of use cases. Due to this, query optimization becomes a little complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Somnath C.
SC
Custom Software Engineering Senior Analyst
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best database engine for document database"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Dynamodb is useful as quick and easy for us to prototype and build out our new features. Best thing is easy to use with microservices and monolithic architecture as well. Required minimum supervision and inbuilt feature of autoscaling db. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Some limitations on database as it's NoSQL, querying functionality is limited which limits some use cases, and costlier for multi environment projects like stagging, testing and prod stages. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Akshay L.
AL
Solution Enginner Trainee
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Value for money with security and stability"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Aws servers are available across the world so there is no need to think about connectivity issues and the physical location of servers.

Aws provides services for every aspect under a single dashboard to manage which makes it easy to eye-watch every service easily.

There are plenty of options of machines available which can be selected as per need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

The assistance from the AWS team is chargeable and also as you try to calculate the price for a month for a EC-2 machine it will not be correct because there are different charges applicable which depend upon the usage of the different services.

There should be a very easy way to project the monthly bill for the upcoming months Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy to use the table"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

We can create and manage tables with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

It is sometimes difficult to make the table interact with other Amazon services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"It was seamless experience."
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Performance, It is fast to perform read and write operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Cost, It offers a flexible cost model for large amounts of storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pricing Insights

Averages based on real user reviews.

Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

12 months

Average Discount

10%

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
Amazon DynamoDB