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Amazon DynamoDB vs Amazon Timestream comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon DynamoDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.6
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Amazon Timestream
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Amazon DynamoDB is 21.1%, down from 27.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon Timestream is 11.2%, up from 9.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

Rajni Kumar Jha - PeerSpot reviewer
Manages our contact center dynamically and allows us to store multiple data attributes in tables
There are a few areas of improvement. 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. It could say something like, "We're currently closed due to a holiday. Please call back during our regular working hours." So this would eliminate the need for agents to manually inform customers. With a holiday calendar stored in a DynamoDB table, we could write a Lambda function to check the date. If it's a UK holiday, for example, the system could automatically play the message.
Sushil Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
It is helpful to get telemetry data from the devices in real-time
It is an easily scalable solution. When it comes to the retention period, if someone wants to change, they have to define it at the start. Later on, if users want to change it again, like, or increase the retention policy, then they have to create the table again and do so, and if it is not done, then we face problems. It will increase the retention, but when you try to insert a record or an older record that is not included in the range of your retention period, then you can face some problems and, like, it will throw some errors. The tool is scalable, but it should be defined at the start as to how much retention you want. For scalability, I rate the tool a six or seven out of ten.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The best feature of the solution is that it is a NoSQL database."
"One of the most valuable features of Amazon DynamoDB is it can handle unstructured or semi-structured data."
"The latency feature is precious."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the non-relational database."
"DynamoDB is a key-value database, and it's valuable if you have simple scan queries and don't need to do point searches."
"The most valuable features are the flexibility and the compatibility options without needing to use any additional services or software. It is an independent solution that doesn't need other solutions to operate."
"You can quickly aggregate data from the last ten years with Amazon Timestream."
"Using Amazon Timestream has been seamless due to its integration within the AWS ecosystem and ease of use for the engineering team."
"The best things about Amazon Timestream are it's maintenance-free, customizable, and has no lag issues. It's always real-time."
"What I like best is that the tool is easy to collect and store data and is fast and scalable. The fully managed database is easy to understand."
"If you drop a message, the solution's technical support will definitely reply."
 

Cons

"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."
"The solution's interface is the biggest challenge because if you want to access DynamoDB, you need an AWS account."
"The response time for data queries should be less than a second"
"The pricing for larger databases is higher."
"The design patterns and the documentation for this solution could be improved. In a future release, we would like to see an improvement of the data push options as we sometimes experience blockers when moving data."
"Sometimes when we query through the UI, it takes a long time to get the results."
"If you have no prior experience with this type of non-relational database, the syntaxes, implementation, or understanding may be difficult."
"If the database is kept running continuously, extra costs will be incurred. This particular area needs enhancement."
"The solution could be improved by making it easier for new graduates like me to use. Better explanations of queries and how to use them with other AWS services would help."
"Arranging the database schema is a bit challenging."
"The tool could be improved by increasing the batch size from one hundred records to five hundred or a thousand to speed up indexing."
"There are disadvantages when it comes to time series databases since you can't delete anything from Amazon Timestream data."
"There are certain features that we would like to see added and we are collaborating with the product teams on these areas."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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"
"It's an expensive solution"
"The product is expensive"
"Given the services and benefits provided by AWS, the solution's pricing is average."
"We previously paid around $20,000 a month for MongoDB, and now we're paying just $4,000 monthly for Amazon DynamoDB."
"It is a little expensive."
"The solution is cheaper than Cosmos DB."
"I can say that it is not the cheapest one because if we had our own kind of storage solution, our own hosting, and instead of using the cloud, we opted for some other method, it would have been a tool of a lower cost."
"We pay over $10 million a year to Amazon."
"We don't see high costs with Amazon Timestream, which may vary by company."
"Amazon Timestream's pricing seems manageable to me."
"For 1GB of data, the solution charges $ 0.01 in the US region."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
19%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
5%
Computer Software Company
22%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon DynamoDB?
Defining simple expressions and queries can be slightly complicated due to DynamoDB's unique JSON syntax. This can be confusing, especially for beginners.
What is your primary use case for Amazon DynamoDB?
We use Amazon DynamoDB to track account IDs, address ranges, and descriptions. It is primarily used to automate the process of maintaining our about 1,120 AWS accounts. We also use DynamoDB in prod...
What needs improvement with Amazon Timestream?
We are working on a few open change requests with the engineering teams on AWS's side. There are certain features that we would like to see added and we are collaborating with the product teams on ...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Timestream?
We use Amazon Timestream as a data historian for IT data. It stores all individual measurements of our customers' IoT devices for a certain period of time, allowing them to perform time-series-base...
 

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Sample Customers

Samsung, Snapchat, Capital One, Expedia, Tinder, Airbnb, Comcast, Lyft, Redfin, Netflix, Adobe
Expedia, Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Brooks Brothers
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