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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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Ramkrishan B.
RB
Senior Technical Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Power full NoSQL platform integrated with Server Less platform"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

When it's required focus more on into client-side or front end like video VOD, POS, CMS, and Search engines where you have less work on the background side I'll prefer DynomoDB with Serverless technology. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Handling complex queries and DB migration during upgradation also have too much dependency on AWS services. If we connect to any backend framework like Django and Flask will make it similar to MongoDB. Must provide an integrated framework or plugin/middleware application to ease use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bhoomi V.
BV
Assistant Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"AWS cloud review"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

The most helpful thing about AWS is the number of services it provides. When I was observing in the year 2012 and later there were only a few services available but now it is even providing AI and Machine Learning related services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

If we want to get the full benefit of AWS then we need to migrate the complete project and its architecture according to AWS service. Secondly, I found that beginners are getting difficulty with the service names in AWS. The serice names are having technical names which become difficult for beginners in the IT field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sinith S.
SS
Associate lead
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"One of the best NoSQL database"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

We don't have to manage anything. Its all being handled by DynamoDB itself. No need to worry about servers, it's reliability etc. Its a fully managed NoSQL solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Querying functionality is limited.So we need to design the database carefully so that it meets all our use cases. It does not support different region backup. Query performance can be improved when compared to other key-value store DB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Avinash M.
AM
Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Everything is magical on the cloud but still can be better"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

I think the scalability and control of what we can do and how quickly we can do with AWS is highly appreciatable. We have migrated data from Teradata to Snowflake using AWS as medium. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Sometimes the services take very long to load & there are unlimited possibilities of things and UI can be improved a lot. Also it requires a lot of services to be used together a lot of times. I hate the part where they don't show all the resources in use from all the regions so we need to switch the region just to check the items one by one leading to high bills. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Burhan B.
BB
SDE I | Frontend Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"AWS has really helped overcome the server issues and other reporting related problems."
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

AWS console and the reporting and customer care service regarding any downtime. In fact, there is very less downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

The cost is very high compared to other providers. And the transparency of pricing for each module after the purchase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Avinash S.
AS
Conversational AI Architect
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy to use, query and implement"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

It helps you store data in key-value pairs, which becomes easier if you are storing json data directly into a database.

It alsois easier to integrate with aws lambda or any node js applications.

The response time is also very good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

The dashboard to fetch data in AWS console is not that intuitive and can be made better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nikhil N.
NN
Software Developer 2
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Secure, scalable, user friendly and elastic cloud service"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

What I like the most about AWS is, It's user friendly and easy to learn for a beginner due to its UI/UX. It provides low cost cloud migration service too. The significantly data centers around the world provides excellent level of support. It is more secure and flexible in compare to other cloud platform services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

I like most of the services of AWS except it sets default limit to resources which vary from region to region and we can only shoot limited number of objects or instances per area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education
UP
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Amazon db"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

It is very friendly.i am using this since last 6 month . It is very useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

No dislike it is very friendly for user . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ranjeet M.
RM
Assistant Manager
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"One of the best DB as a Service"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Amazon Dynamo DB is serverless Hence you do not need to pay for servers . It is a NoSQL based document DB and provided as a service. Hence , Maintainence and backup are taken care by Amazon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

I don't find anything disliking about Amazon dynamo dB . I found it easy to use . you can use it to store key value pair or as a document dB to store json data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
CI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best Cloud Platform"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

AWS platform started in 2002 with Services like Ec2 and S3.It has more than 200 services . we can avoid on prem hardware and opt for cloud . AWS provides economy of scale , AWS services are used at scale and its price will get reduced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Some of the issues with AWS :

1) When Configure EBS volume then we cant change it for 6 hours.

2) AWS Service limitations.

3) Cost associated with AWS support center. 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