We performed a comparison between Amazon DocumentDB and Amazon DynamoDB based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed NoSQL Databases solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Migrations are easy using this product."
"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."
"Offers a vital query-handling feature"
"We switched to DynamoDB from a relational database that would've had scale problems and would've cost a lot of money to run at scale. DynamoDB allows us to match expense to usage. When not many people are using and it's a quiet day, there is a low cost. On a busy day, there is a higher cost. We get good performance along the way and less maintenance on the database."
"The solution is very simple to use."
"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 possibility of managing documents is the most valuable aspect of the solution. I like the fact that I don't have to define the fields."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten. I've never faced any problems."
"Amazon DynamoDB is powerful and fast. Its performance is good."
"We don't have to administer the tool."
"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."
"The technical support could be improved."
"There's a bit of a learning curve at the beginning."
"Sometimes when we query through the UI, it takes a long time to get the results."
"I initially faced issues with the solution's stability, performance, and security."
"I'd like to see better integration with Cognito. It has the integration, but I'd like to see a little more ease of setup. If you have multiple customers and you want the database to enforce who can see what, you can treat DynamoDB so that each row has permissions. You can set this up, but it's a little more of a science project to make Cognito and DynamoDB work well to do protection of individual rows. So I'd like that to be more wizard or easy to set up."
"The primary key is quite slow."
"The pricing for larger databases is higher."
"The solution's interface is the biggest challenge because if you want to access DynamoDB, you need an AWS account."
"The solution has size limitations. It also needs to be more user-friendly."
"The solution could be cheaper."
Amazon DocumentDB is ranked 4th in Managed NoSQL Databases with 3 reviews while Amazon DynamoDB is ranked 2nd in Managed NoSQL Databases with 31 reviews. Amazon DocumentDB is rated 8.4, while Amazon DynamoDB is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Amazon DocumentDB writes "Offers the ability to replicate data across different instances". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Amazon DynamoDB writes "Manages our contact center dynamically and allows us to store multiple data attributes in tables". Amazon DocumentDB is most compared with Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB, Amazon Neptune, Amazon Timestream and Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud, whereas Amazon DynamoDB is most compared with Google Cloud Bigtable, Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB, Amazon Neptune, Amazon Timestream and Oracle NoSQL Database Cloud. See our Amazon DocumentDB vs. Amazon DynamoDB report.
See our list of best Managed NoSQL Databases vendors.
We monitor all Managed NoSQL Databases reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.