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Amazon DocumentDB vs Amazon DynamoDB comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 9, 2025

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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
5th
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
6.2
Number of Reviews
45
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Amazon DocumentDB is 7.4%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon DynamoDB is 10.4%, down from 17.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Amazon DynamoDB10.4%
Amazon DocumentDB7.4%
Other82.2%
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."
"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."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features of Amazon DynamoDB is it can handle unstructured or semi-structured data."
"The platform is easy to develop and configure."
"Speed is the most valuable feature. The speed to store and retrieve data from it."
"Being serverless, it alleviates concerns about scalability and failover."
"We use the single table design pattern extensively since it helps us describe very complex patterns and data types on the table."
"Never used the support. I got all the information from the documentation."
"We don't have to administer the tool."
"The latency feature is precious."
 

Cons

"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."
"However, when you need more volume or more registers, it becomes complicated because the performance adjustments and tuning are challenging."
"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."
"The technical support could be improved."
"If you have no prior experience with this type of non-relational database, the syntaxes, implementation, or understanding may be difficult."
"I would rate the stability a seven out of ten. We faced some configuration issues."
"The solution has size limitations. It also needs to be more user-friendly."
"The pricing model should be improved"
"The response time for data queries should be less than a second"
"Having an import option, whether through browsing or local file uploads, would significantly improve the efficiency of data migration, enabling users to swiftly transfer large volumes of data into DynamoDB."
"I initially faced issues with the solution's stability, performance, and security."
"The documentation is not good enough."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Compared to a high-end relational database, it's 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."
"Given the services and benefits provided by AWS, the solution's pricing is average."
"It is costly. To reduce the costs, users need to read the node in front of it. For read-heavy groups, cache optimization can help manage costs.I can't disclose specific pricing, but it's competitive compared to others in the market, and this information is easily accessible online"
"For our use case usage, DynamoDB's pricing was okay. However, for high-traffic applications, the pricing structure becomes less attractive."
"Amazon DynamoDB is a cheap solution."
"The product is expensive"
"Amazon DynamoDB is cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
19%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Computer Software Company
13%
Marketing Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
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 do you like most about Amazon DocumentDB?
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 ...
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 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...
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Finra, The Washington Post, Freshop
Samsung, Snapchat, Capital One, Expedia, Tinder, Airbnb, Comcast, Lyft, Redfin, Netflix, Adobe
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