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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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Nirav G.
NG
Software Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Marvellously Good"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Making the connection in aws lambda functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Well i think i dont like the charges and second is sometimes indexing is not working but not sure about it yet Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"The great place to introduce yourself with cloud technology."
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

The user interface is really easy to understand and great to easily understand for freshers. It is also possible for new user to start working AWS by just watching the videos or by referring user manual. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Till date it was a great experience, I like whatever I have used on AWS, If there anything in future, I would like to mention at that time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saurav J.
SJ
System Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Best NoSQL Database."
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

It's a Cloud-Based Service. provided by amazon a trustworthy company. also, they provide data on secure and diverse servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

The cost is a bit on the higher side. low budget companies may face costing issues,. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishake G.
AG
Software Developer III
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Optimized NON-RDBMS"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

The efficiency is achieved when data is broken into primary and secondary indexes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

The complexity to use it, needs so much time to understand its concepts initially. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Amazed by all the services availabe"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

The amazing documentation is available with all the services. The ease of use for the EC2 Management and also the intuitive new interface for the VPC creation with all subnets including creating the gateways and all the requiring dependencies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

The list of services is so many that it is overwhelming that there should be modes like beginner, advanced, and developer.

More intuitive interface for the documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ranu S.
RS
Software Developer, AI and ML Engineer.
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"helpfull and easy to deploy"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Deployment, Documentation and community support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

No local deployment and only available with aws. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sagar A.
SA
Senior Software Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Amazing experience with Amazon DynamoDB"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

- Back and restore feature.

- Easy to upgrade to a newer version.

- Easy to integrate cloudwatch logs

- I use aws console and dbvear for this

- Aws is good as compared to its competitor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

- AWS is bit expensive

- No nothing is missing its perfect

- No, everything in aws works fine

- They have to improve its UI its confusing sometimes

- UI only rest is perfect Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Durgesh Y.
DY
Senior Software Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Dynamic scalability and no storage constraint"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Table can store any amount of data .

Scale up and down table without downtime and performance impact.

Backup and recovery . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

No triggers ,foreign key concepts ,server side scripts etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saksham S.
SS
Software Development Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Dynamo db is easy to use and scalable in context to latency"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Fast data reads,fast to update and write,scaled in context to auto sharding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

I have explored many possibilities on projects using Dynamo db but couldn find any downside Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
CB
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"AWS review"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Multiple AWS services to support needs of customers and quick collaboration with third party products to meet end user' needs. This results in better customer satisfaction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Some services have limitations like eks only a particular size of ec2 instance can support production ir dev workloads. Hence, it proves costly sometimes and difficult to manage workloads for lower environment. 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