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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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Snehal G.
SG
General Manager - Plant Operations
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Dynamodb a challenging database as a service"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

We had been using firebase realtime database for quite sometime for its simplicity and other features. When we first started experimenting recently with the dynamodb and we are really quite satisfied with what features dynamodb brings to the table. Features like auto indexing, auto scaling and auto sharing are the most top notch stuff for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

We are used to proprietary database like Google's firebase and we are quite okay with DynamoDb being a closed sourced product. But, this stuff might not be someone's cup of tea. People are still comfortable with things that are open sourced. They trust opensource as they know about things undergoing and how the underlying code and architecture works. Fortunately not a case at our organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nikhil C.
NC
Cloud ops engineers
Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The best Non relational DB"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Easy to manage and use. Very helpfull for IT automation. Useful tool for developers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Haven't come across any that is not good with dynamo db. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"AWS Review"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

AWS has a huge range of services. I have worked on services from categories such as AWS compute, AWS Media services, storage, Machine learning, networking, application integration, etc. Most of the services are highly available and scalable, fully managed, and easy to use. And the best part about using AWS services is the detailed documentation they provide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

I work on media services. Generally, clients don't come back after hearing the pricing for media services. Those services are problem-solving but not cost-effective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dilip J.
DJ
Senior Salesforce Consultant
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best NoSQL Database"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

DynamoDB is the best NoSQL database that I found working in my journey of software engineering. I found it very handy and pretty useful while communicating with the systems and applications that I have used. Amazon provides multiple ways to work with different platforms. It provides us the NoSQL database In which data is stored in the dictionary format like and the key corresponding to a value and Every key is a unique key. Amazon provides this DynamoDB so handy that we can use it on amazon itself to store out millions of data on the amazon server as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

As such I haven't found anything that is not working for me in the day-to-day usages. But I think Amazon should work on the DynamoDB community. So It can be explored by new developers more easily. Amazon can create trails or learning paths or documents for the specific use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Program Development
TP
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Pretty fast , easy access and highly collaborative"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Integration the speed , connectivity and the access

I've never faced systemic slowness while using Aws

I like it here

It has a software Center to access all the apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

I have to login multiple times to get into Aws but I think it's ok cause ultimately it's all about security and securing my company information right

Umm I'm not sure I need more time in usage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

shubham v.
SV
Senior Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Ease of use and managed by aws"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Storing of data is more flexible way. Since its a product of aws we don't need to manage everything most of the part is managed by aws. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

As such I didn't found any issue, but I feel sometime understanding the ducumention is bit difficult. If we have discussion forum that will be helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amith K.
AK
Software Engineer (SDE2) - Innovation
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"High performance Key-Value stores with flexible pricing"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Super simple set up process, serverless billing. DynamoDB Streams is an excellent integration platform. Data replication is seamless Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Unpredictable costs in case of spikes. Querying models are harder to optimise due to the use of. Need a lot of modelling for optimizing Global/Secondary indices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rajesh P.
RP
Software Architect
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"AWS Cloud is the best place to start with any cloud services"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Ec2, S3, API Gateway, Lambda, Load Balancer, Cloudfront, Glacier, SNS, EBS, Autoscaling, SQS, BeanStalk, Cache, MemCahe, Reshift, Cloudwatch, VPC security options Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

NOthing of a sort, but sometimes they change the to newer version n olderversions stared having security issues, that's like forcing to update, that's the only dislik Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vikramaditya G.
VG
Associate
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"#1 Cloud platform Choice for Enterprises"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

it provides almost every service which the users require in day-to-day life from virtual machines and S3 buckets to machine learning and AI. i also used lambda, eks, SQS and dynamodb. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

nowadays GCP and Microsoft Azure are growing in the cloud industry because of the availability of learning resources at ease. sometimes accessing learning of aws becomes complex.

also 2-3 accounts got suspended because of security issues. somebody has hacked my accounts and it got terminated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

AJ
Consultant
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Finally an amazing cloud service provider"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

I am jazzed with the feature set available with the platform and the ease with which I can configure according to my needs and tweak with minimal efforts. Really amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Only this that I do not like about AWS Cloud and its different offerings is that they are not very pocket friendly. But above it all, it is worth every penny spent. 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