Amazon DynamoDB Reviews

We host the cloud version of our software, ENSUR by DocXellent, on EC2 instances with fifteen separate installations currently.

These low-cost, flexible, and scalable VMs are an excellent value for the service they provide.

We also utilize CloudWatch monitoring, the Simple Notification Service, and the VPC solution for VPN connections for us, and for our clients, to these instances.

Previously, our product was exclusively sold as an on-premises solution. Once we decided on AWS for a cloud hosting platform, we were able to increase our sales dramatically. Within less than two years of offering this option, cloud hosted sales now make up more than 50% of our new business.

AWS is forward thinking and always adding new features. I generally cannot think of an area of improvement.

To be honest, AWS and their people know way more about the hosting and infrastructure needs of software developers than me and my team. I can’t think of any features that that could additionally add.

If I were to pick on one area to improve and an area in which they are not equal to or superior to the competition, I would say the user interface. It is far more simplistic that Azure’s slick presentation.

Of course, that is by choice, like the Amazon experience. But there are instances where the next step is not as logically presented as in Azure.

I still maintain that AWS is the unquestioned market leader in regards to features offered and is always introducing new ones in response to what their customers ask for.

They also are leaders in price, ease of use, and support, making them the obvious choice for my company’s cloud IaaS provider.

I have used Amazon AWS for three years.

There have been a couple of well-publicized instances of non-availability, but I think overall downtime of a few hours per year is acceptable.

The biggest problem is that everybody knows about downtime because of how public AWS’s failures are with their high-profile customers, who make news with their downtime.

We have had no problems with scalability.

I would give technical support a rating of 10/10. AWS stands for AWesome Support! They know way more about problems than I do and often patiently teach me while solving an issue.

We occasionally use Azure, alongside AWS, because we have a monthly credit from Microsoft. But AWS was first and all our commercial accounts are on AWS.

I was able to setup a prototype of our application by myself in half an hour. Since then, whenever I need to do something new, rather than read a whitepaper, I just call support and they walk me through it. This is part of the support they happily provide AND without griping about me not trying it by myself first.

You don’t need to look anywhere else. AWS is the leader in price and features, so why mess with success.

We evaluated Azure, Google, Rackspace and several smaller, now extinct companies.

I have set up Amazon DynamoDB and started using it with my product for data insertion, creation, reading, testing, and configuration.

Amazon DynamoDB is a NoSQL database that stores unstructured data and provides high performance.

I initially faced issues with the solution's stability, performance, and security.

I have used Amazon DynamoDB two to three times.

I rate the solution’s stability a seven to eight out of ten.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten for scalability.

The solution’s technical support is good.

The initial setup of the solution is average, and it is neither easy nor difficult. You do need to have some knowledge and experience to set up Amazon DynamoDB.

Given the services and benefits provided by AWS, the solution's pricing is average.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I work in the cloud automation domain. I used the product to store data related to automation. We had our own website. We use the product to manage automation. I also used it to store user information.

The solution is very simple to use. It is a NoSQL database. The UI is good. DynamoDB Streams is an amazing feature. If there are any changes in the DB, it will automatically trigger the workflow. The GUI is awesome.

I have used the solution in the past year.

I rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten. It worked perfectly for us.

I rate the tool’s scalability a ten out of ten. We had more than 500 users.

I used MongoDB a very long time ago.

The initial setup is easy. The documentation is good. The deployment could be done within minutes.

The solution is cheaper than Cosmos DB. If an organization doesn’t have much data to store, they can use the solution for free.

It is a good investment. We were able to use it in automation. It was easy to use. Even the new joiners were able to use it effectively. All our automation was effectively stored, and we could build the dashboard out of it to present to the higher management. Anyone who wants to explore a NoSQL database in the cloud must use DynamoDB. Overall, I rate the product a ten out of ten.

We are using Amazon DynamoDB for our company for multiple service database management.

One of the most valuable features of Amazon DynamoDB is it can handle unstructured or semi-structured data.

Amazon DynamoDB could improve by being more robust, having a better user interface and data management. Additionally, there is some limited functionality compared to other solutions, such as MongoDB.

In an upcoming release, it would be beneficial to show spatial data on the interface. There would is a very important metric for our company.

I have been using this solution for approximately two years.

I have found the solution to be stable.

The solution is scalable.

The technical support has been good. However, there should be more local support for our company that is international, this would allow for better communication.

We used MongoDB previously and I found it more powerful.

The initial setup is very easy because DynamoDB is from Amazon.

We have evaluated other solutions.

I would recommend anyone looking to implement any software to understand the needs of their business and do a purpose analysis to determine if the software fits their use case. No matter how good a solution can be if it does not fit the purpose of the business it will not be helpful.

I rate Amazon DynamoDB an eight out of ten.

My company has a fleet management system, and we primarily use DynamoDB to store location data.

I appreciate the visibility of DynamoDB, as I can observe everything on the Console. I can also monitor its operation with CloudWatch. As more data comes in, although we pay more, the product scales well. However, it can be expensive.

There is nothing that I can think of for improvements.

I have been using DynamoDB for five to six years.

Amazon DynamoDB is pretty stable. I haven't encountered breakdowns or bugs.

DynamoDB scales well. As more data comes in, it becomes more expensive, however, the scalability aspect is not a concern.

About 30% of the time, Amazon's support lacked enough knowledge to solve my problems. 

Neutral

The initial setup is straightforward.

As more data comes in, it can become expensive, however, it's a manageable cost.

I would absolutely recommend DynamoDB to others. It's easy to use, especially if sticking with AWS. 

Overall, I would rate DynamoDB nine out of ten.

I integrate Amazon Connect with Amazon DynamoDB for the database.

Amazon DynamoDB is serverless and fast, and we can use different keys along with it in our code. Amazon DynamoDB can accommodate any number of datasets. It is better than the RDB (relational databases). We can use the primary and sort keys to get any sorted data, which is good. The solution is easy to use.

Anyone with AWS Lambda knowledge can easily integrate and use Amazon DynamoDB. The solution supports all languages.

The solution would work fast if a contact center is in the same region.

I have been using Amazon DynamoDB for four years.

We haven’t faced any issues with the solution’s stability.

We can scale Amazon DynamoDB as much as we can.

I rate the solution’s scalability a nine out of ten.

We can integrate Amazon DynamoDB with other AWS services in our architecture with a simple function. I would recommend the solution to other users.

Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

My use case is user data management.

It is fairly straightforward. The best part is the scalability, the response performance, and scalability part. I didn't like the API extremely well, but it was okay. 

Moreover, the system is pretty well documented, which is important. And it's observability. That's okay.

Data integrity across availability zones would be a valuable addition. 

Currently, DynamoDB provides eventual consistency across availability zones, but strong consistency would be beneficial for certain use cases.

There is room for improvement in the pricing. A more tiered pricing structure would better accommodate different usage patterns. Similar to leasing a car versus buying it outright, there should be options for those with lower or higher usage volumes.

I have been using this solution for three years. 

It is stable enough.

This is a backend system. So it can be hundreds of thousands of users because it's not like a user interface type thing.  So, it serves hundreds of thousands of real-world users.

It is a highly scalable solution. 

Never used the support. I got all the information from the documentation. 

I've worked with NoSQL databases like Redis and Amazon Keyspaces in the past.

We switched to DynamoDB because it is SaaS. We didn't have a dedicated team to maintain our database infrastructure.

Technically, Redis is better than DynamoDB is quite capable. However, it requires less maintenance compared to other NoSQL solutions.

I tried Step Functions, but it would be too pricey if I used it too much. So, I didn't stick with it. For low volume, the peanuts work. For high volume, they become expensive.

I just did play with it and then made a forecast and said no.

We just picked Amazon DynamoDB because it did the job, we wanted to do. I don't find it complicated. We use it. It's pretty straightforward.

It is SaaS from Amazon, you just use it. You don't install anything. It could you could install it if you want. Like, I didn't, but I never used that. 

It is a service from Amazon. So that's one of the benefits; you just use it. There is no maintenance required. 

For our use case usage, DynamoDB's pricing was okay. However, for high-traffic applications, the pricing structure becomes less attractive.

It might not be the best choice for high volume. DynamoDB's billing is based on usage, not a fixed subscription fee. The invoicing is done monthly, but you only pay for the resources you consume.

There are no additional charges for support or other services. You pay solely for the resources you utilize.

My role is a solution architect. So, basically, we play with what we have at hand with what's the company strategy. We're more like Jokers. We play with whatever is the context, not necessarily being like, "hey, I'm an Amazon guy. I only do Amazon." It's mostly into building the software rather than using off-the-shelf stuff. So, we just built what we needed about VPMs in other companies.

For simple, straightforward use cases, I would recommend it. And for whatever decent volume of usage means for each company, I wouldn't recommend it for a tenth of thousands of transactions per second.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

The solution makes it simple to manage the database.

The most valuable features of the solution are its price and stability. The solution can handle all our payloads and workloads. The solution's documentation is very clear. Amazon DynamoDB is a good solution that is easy to configure. Data security is one of the main reasons we use the solution.

The solution's initial setup is a bit complex if you want it for something more specific.

Amazon DynamoDB is a stable solution, and I haven't faced any issues with stability.

More than 1,000 users are using the solution in our organization.

I've used MongoDB. I like both Amazon DynamoDB and MongoDB because they take different approaches. However, if I have to recommend one over the other, I will recommend Amazon DynamoDB.

The solution's initial setup is a bit complex if you want it for something more specific. However, it can be straightforward if you need it for something basic.

The solution's pricing is good, and it's not expensive.

The solution has helped us save 30% of our costs. Our main project is automation to help businesses communicate with their clients.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.