No more typing reviews! Try our Samantha, our new voice AI agent.

Amazon DocumentDB vs Amazon DynamoDB comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 15, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon DocumentDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
4.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Amazon DynamoDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.0
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Amazon DocumentDB is 6.0%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon DynamoDB is 10.4%, down from 16.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon DynamoDB10.4%
Amazon DocumentDB6.0%
Other83.6%
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Hemanth Perepi - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Trianz
Supports high-level data management and secure migration
Over the past few months, I’ve been working closely with a managed database service, and a few features stood out as game changers for me and my team: MongoDB Compatibility – The seamless migration experience was a huge win. No need to rewrite code or change drivers, which meant less friction and faster adoption for our developers. Fully Managed Service – Patching, backups, and monitoring are all automated. This freed up our team to focus on building applications instead of managing infrastructure. Separation of Compute & Storage – The flexibility to scale compute and storage independently gave us both cost savings and better performance optimization. Multi-AZ High Availability – Automatic failover and cross-AZ replication gave us peace of mind with improved uptime and disaster recovery. Performance at Scale – Even with large datasets, performance has remained consistent. Read replicas and efficient indexing have been especially valuable for read-heavy workloads. Security – End-to-end encryption, VPC isolation, and IAM integration made enterprise-level security feel straightforward and reliable. Backup & Recovery – Point-in-time recovery with automated backups made data protection effortless.
DG
Lead SRE at JavaTech
Has improved infrastructure availability and simplified integration through reliable cloud-based data management
Amazon DynamoDB is readily available, and we do not have to worry about downtime unless there is a global outage. From a cost perspective, it presents a challenge. The primary feature is constant availability without concerns about server maintenance or ensuring database uptime, as AWS manages everything from their end. We simply set up the database and allocate it to customers according to their requirements, making it an easy and smooth transition. Regarding security, being in the cloud provides numerous security features. Amazon DynamoDB operates at the backend within our three-tier architecture. We have front hosting, business logic or application server in the middle, and databases at the backend. Additionally, we implement security layers such as SSL, creating a highly secure environment. The solution has proven to be reliable thus far.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Efficient data retrieval with millisecond fetch times sets it apart from RDS."
"Efficient data retrieval with millisecond fetch times sets it apart from RDS."
"Its speed has had the most significant impact on our projects. For starters, we used it for its flexibility. With DocumentDB, you're not tied to a rigid structure like you are with Aurora or other relational databases. This makes it great for startups."
"Amazon DocumentDB is a simple solution."
"Migrations are easy using this product."
"There are many benefits to using Amazon DocumentDB, for example, regarding the price, you can start with a small database and when you need more performance, you can grow the database."
"The product is fast and easy to use."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. I've never faced any problems."
"The possibility of managing documents is the most valuable aspect of the solution, and I like the fact that I don't have to define the fields."
"Capable of auto-scaling and integrates easily with other tools"
"It has helped us build our product from zero point to the end."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its price and stability."
"I appreciate the visibility of DynamoDB, as I can observe everything on the Console."
"It offers quick performance and rapid data retrieval, often providing limited data initially but scaling up to fulfill larger demands seamlessly."
"DynamoDB is easy to configure, easy to use, and allows for writing data in JSON format."
 

Cons

"There's a bit of a learning curve at the beginning."
"Improvements for Amazon DocumentDB could focus on enhancing high availability, sharding methods, replication techniques, and automatic failover in case the primary goes down, as continuous backup is an excellent option for disaster recovery."
"One possible improvement could be a hybrid database solution, where parts of the application leverage a relational database alongside DocumentDB. If a system were heavily relational in nature, a database like PostgreSQL might be a good fit."
"Improvements for Amazon DocumentDB could focus on enhancing high availability, sharding methods, replication techniques, and automatic failover in case the primary goes down, as continuous backup is an excellent option for disaster recovery."
"There's a bit of a learning curve at the beginning."
"However, when you need more volume or more registers, it becomes complicated because the performance adjustments and tuning are challenging."
"The technical support could be improved."
"Currently, there is no option for a scheduled refresh in this solution. We want the data to be populated into DynamoDB on a timely basis."
"I would rate the stability a seven out of ten. We faced some configuration issues."
"The design patterns and the documentation for this solution could be improved."
"Querying data on the solution is quite limited, but this is like any other NoSQL database. It's the most common criticism of the NoSQL database in general."
"The user interface could be improved to make it more intuitive."
"Sometimes when we query through the UI, it takes a long time to get the results."
"In future releases, I would like a feature that lets us store information about public holidays or weekends. When customers call during those closed periods, we could use DynamoDB to trigger an automatic message. So this would eliminate the need for agents to manually inform customers."
"If you purchase the support plan, their support team is good. If not, it takes two to three days to respond, sometimes even more."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

Information not available
"The product is expensive"
"It's an expensive solution"
"It is a little expensive."
"Amazon DynamoDB is cheap."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is a high price and ten is a low price, I rate the pricing a seven. It is not the cheapest, but it is not the costliest either."
"Amazon DynamoDB is not an expensive solution."
"Amazon DynamoDB is a cheap solution."
"Compared to a high-end relational database, it's cheap."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Managed NoSQL Databases solutions are best for your needs.
896,563 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Educational Organization
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise19
 

Questions from the Community

What advice do you have for others considering Amazon DocumentDB?
Amazon DocumentDB offers us many useful features. It is definitely a solution that an organization in need of comprehensive and effective document management should invest its money into. We are im...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon DocumentDB?
The pricing and licensing of Amazon DocumentDB is managed directly by the client team with the vendor, so I am not involved in that aspect.
What needs improvement with Amazon DocumentDB?
We do not utilize Amazon DocumentDB's compatibility with MongoDB APIs because we do not have MongoDB in this client environment. There are current discussions about phasing out from AWS's Amazon Do...
What needs improvement with Amazon DynamoDB?
The only challenge I face with Amazon DynamoDB is that with the partition key and secondary key, the query doesn't become very easy. The construction of that schema is a bit tricky because once you...
What is your primary use case for Amazon DynamoDB?
Our main use case for Amazon DynamoDB is storing quick metadata information about any of the image artifacts that we collect from our customers. We generally store this in Amazon DynamoDB in multip...
What advice do you have for others considering Amazon DynamoDB?
Amazon's documentation is the best documentation I've ever had. Generally, I go for LLM support, but AWS has very good documentation that I directly come and see to understand any of the services t...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Finra, The Washington Post, Freshop
Samsung, Snapchat, Capital One, Expedia, Tinder, Airbnb, Comcast, Lyft, Redfin, Netflix, Adobe
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon DocumentDB vs. Amazon DynamoDB and other solutions. Updated: April 2026.
896,563 professionals have used our research since 2012.