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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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Anuradha D.
AD
QA Analyst
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"AWS is pretty good cloud. It has all kind of infrastructure service."
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Lambda Service, Region base Service, AmazonDynamoDB Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Pricing of infrastructure, No scope for students for free environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Madan P.
MP
Software Engineer | Backend Engineering Service
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"7"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

It is good to be used for server develop Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Nothing I have not come to a point where i dislike Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Neil S.
NS
DevOps Engineer
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Dynamo DB is great if you understand it"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Because it is easily scalable, server less and cost effective to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Limitations of 4MB of data and single region limitation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kunal M.
KM
Account Management & Sales - BFSI
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Recommended tool to scale applications with security and reliability."
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

Reliability, Security and Accessibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Legacy application which needs deployment on 3rd party applications which are not on AWS cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amit Kumar T.
AT
Customer Success Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Recommending Dynamo"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Simplicity and Scalability. We can scale the DB as per the requirement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

So far no issues which can be presented for Amazon Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Health, Wellness and Fitness
UH
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Costlier alternative to mongoDB"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

the best part is AWS ecosystem. It enables seamless integration with other AWS services. Another factor is managed service, hence scaling and managing the clusters becomes easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

one of the major downsides is vendor locking, where it gets difficult to change the deployment environment. It also contains less features than MongoDB, which is more widely used, for example, ability to do multiple operation in a single transaction Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rakesh R.
RR
Application Development Analyst
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"DynamoDB for NoSQL"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

It has options to backup and restore and also securing data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

When realtime analytics is required DynamoDB is not a better solution and in this case you have use other AWS services like Redshift and Athena. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rohan N.
RN
Fullstack developer
Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Dynamodb is usefull and powerpacked database solution"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

It is very helpful database solution and cheap than other colud services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Sometimes it has high latency and technical knowledge required Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
II
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"A fine Grained access control featured DB service"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

I have been using it quite a while and its scalability, easy administration and auto backup features specially its compatibility with external tools is awesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Apart from it bring expensive and rare speed drops, it is the best there in market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HM
Senior Associate
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Beginners view of dynamodb"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Indexing and streams are the most handy features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Quering model is a bit tricky as only indexing columns will give better performance 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