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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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Gerry C.
Principal Database Administrator
Information Technology and Services
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
Love that it is managed and serverless. No need to patch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
It has taken some time to wrap my head around the different way in which you model data (come from a relational background) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
Very easy to get an instance of Dynamo running, and fairly easy to grasp the basics of how to setup proper keys/range keys. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
More complicated schemas can be hard to fit in the range key paradigm. Think carefully before you assign a range key to a field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
CI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
Really low latency and powerful query options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
There was a bit of a learning curve with secondary indexes. The documentation was clear so I was able to figure it out. I think there was also documentation on how to partition data effectively so there weren't partition throttling issues, but that sort of thing would be nice to not have to worry about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
Easy introduction and transition to a NoSQL database.
UI is pretty standard.
Scales!
Design pattern experts available to you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
It's still young so best practices & conventions are still in the works to some degree.
Managing ACID in the application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
Scalable with options to add additional indices, LSI, GSI. It is very reliable and completely integrated with Aws. You can specify IOPS and change it later on. It also allows you to set IOPS for other indices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
You need to define all indices upfront. In case your requirements change, you would need to recreate the table after dumping data back and importing again. Dealing with spikes in IOPS could be a big trouble. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
CR
Verified User in Retail
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
The performance and the simplicity in setting up the tables on dyanmo is the best. Autoscaling configuration can be done with ease. Dynamo combined with DAX is great improvement for performance and also helps in handling cache refreshes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
Needs the capacity to be planned upfront and the autoscaling takes time before it takes into effect which in-meanwhile causes impact to the users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Bob S.
Co-Founder, President, COO
Computer Software
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
DynamoDB is very easy to get started with, with a table name and a partition key you are on your way to data fun. It is a very fast environment and can be great to store a vast amount of data with very quick retrieval. JSON is a key part of the tool, so it easily integrates with web products. Having different SDKs also allows this product to be integrated into different software/projects with ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
Because you are limited to a partition and sort key for primary searches, and knowing that scans can take some time to complete, there is a doubt of how production applications will perform. However, this is assuming you are completely moving away from a SQL environment. DynamoDB should be used as a tool, not as a replacement. This being said, it would be nice if it could do everything needed for a production environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Melroy D.
Senior Systems Analyst
Computer Software
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
Its Auto Scaling features abstract away the management issues regarding having to increase or decrrease capacity.
Its triggers also integrate very well with other AWS services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
The number of indices on a table could have been 10 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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RAM S.
Senior Software Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
The fast read write functioanality. And good support for multiple connector from spark and kafka. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
At time it causes so much of problem when data scaling happens and its too costly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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Drew C.
Software Developer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
What do you like best about Amazon DynamoDB?
Easy to use and good documentation. Also easy to get running on local machine Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
What do you dislike about Amazon DynamoDB?
Possible the setting up of alternative indexes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
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