What is Amazon DynamoDB used for?

Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless key-value and document database from AWS that scales automatically and needs no server management. It is a good fit for backends for serverless applications, and high-traffic session and profile storage.

How much does Amazon DynamoDB cost?

Amazon DynamoDB is a paid product with no free plan. Pay for what you use. Rates in the examples are $0.625 per million on-demand writes, $0.125 per million reads and $0.25 per GB-month of storage, with some capacity in the AWS Free Tier.

Is Amazon DynamoDB open source?

No. Amazon DynamoDB is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB include MongoDB, Apache CouchDB and RavenDB.

What are some alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB?

Amazon DynamoDB competes with MongoDB Atlas, Azure Cosmos DB and Google Cloud Spanner. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Amazon DynamoDB alternatives.

Amazon DynamoDB: features, pricing and alternatives

About Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database from Amazon Web Services that stores key-value and document data. It is serverless, so there are no servers to provision or patch, and it scales to match application traffic, which has made it a common choice for web, mobile and gaming backends.

DynamoDB is a proprietary AWS service with no self-hosted edition, and it is billed on usage, with options for on-demand and provisioned capacity. AWS documents its data model, consistency options, global tables, backup features and pricing, and it integrates with other AWS services such as Lambda.

Key features

Serverless key-value and document storage
Automatic scaling with traffic
On-demand and provisioned capacity modes
Backups and global tables
Integration with AWS services

Good fit for

→Backends for serverless applications
→High-traffic session and profile storage

Tags: aws; nosql; key-value; document-database; serverless; dbaas; cloud

Amazon DynamoDB: questions and answers

What is Amazon DynamoDB used for?: Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless key-value and document database from AWS that scales automatically and needs no server management. It is a good fit for backends for serverless applications, and high-traffic session and profile storage.
How much does Amazon DynamoDB cost?: Amazon DynamoDB is a paid product with no free plan. Pay for what you use. Rates in the examples are $0.625 per million on-demand writes, $0.125 per million reads and $0.25 per GB-month of storage, with some capacity in the AWS Free Tier.
Is Amazon DynamoDB open source?: No. Amazon DynamoDB is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. Open-source alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB include MongoDB, Apache CouchDB and RavenDB.
What are some alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB?: Amazon DynamoDB competes with MongoDB Atlas, Azure Cosmos DB and Google Cloud Spanner. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source Amazon DynamoDB alternatives.