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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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Shiva Prasad B.
SB
Chief Marketing Officer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"AWS Cloud is more secure and reliable for storage use"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

I really like the security features provided by AWS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

sometimes there are some problems while doing migration from other cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jayanth G.
JG
Associate Vice President
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"It was really simple and easy to use"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

It's easy to access and convenient to perform crud operations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Needs certain initial knowledge to get things started Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shraddha P.
SP
Big Data Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Used it as key value store"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

It's easy to use and powerful query language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

It does not support cross region sharing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ritwij r.
RR
Information Security Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Wonderful cloud learning experience"
What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

The speed and agility of AWS as compared to GCP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Nothing as such it was a wonderful experience Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sidarth S.
SS
Back End Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best experience"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

DynamoDB is best for scalability , Secure and Serverless architecture. The best feature is data replication across various regions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Lack of Server Side Scripts and Table Joints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Networking
AC
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Got the best results for networking use case"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

I liked the scalability ,fast transaction speed and time to live functionality which worked in our networking use case. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

It's costly when the product comes to scaling. Also as the DB is no sql we have to pay one Data engineer for extraction and ingestion of the records. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abhishek G.
AG
Senior Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Extremely easy"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Performance was top notch. Offcourse the auto Scalability feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Nothing as of now. Have been running applications with heavy loads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

deepa k.
DK
Director, HR and Operations
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Cost effective and easy to use"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Security & Reliability Of Building, Highly Scalable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Not very good for large amounts of data processing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Asif B.
AB
Software Engineer
Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"DynamoDB NO SQL"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

DynamoDB indexing and read & write capacity feature is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

Read & write capacity calculation sometimes is quite confusing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yash T.
YT
Senior Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Awesome NO-SQL and Scalability"
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?

Support any time of data.

more flexible as compared to SQL.

helpful for storing bulk amounts of data.

We implemented product who support multiple features like scaling, zero downtime with role management. Implementation analytics dashboard Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?

query syntax is hard.

transaction handling is difficult 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