What is DynaSight used for?

Dynasight analyzes Amazon DynamoDB tables for cost waste using metadata and metrics only, with a read-only IAM role that cannot read item data. It is a good fit for reducing a growing DynamoDB bill, auditing capacity settings across many tables and reviewing costs without exposing production data.

How much does DynaSight cost?

Paid plans for DynaSight start at $5 per month, and there is no free plan.

Is DynaSight open source?

No. DynaSight is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the CI/CD & DevOps category, open-source options include PM2, OpenTofu and Spug.

What are some alternatives to DynaSight?

DynaSight competes with Vantage, CloudZero and Finout.

DynaSight: features, pricing and alternatives

About DynaSight

Dynasight is a proprietary cloud cost tool focused on Amazon DynamoDB. It examines table and index metadata along with capacity, usage, cost and performance metrics to identify inefficiencies, architectural mistakes and costly configuration choices before they inflate an AWS bill. It is aimed at engineering teams running DynamoDB in production.

Its security model is a main selling point. Users grant access through a least-privilege IAM role in their own AWS account that excludes item-level read calls such as GetItem, BatchGetItem, Query and Scan and has no write permissions, so the vendor says it can see waste but not customer data. The role can be revoked at any time. Findings are presented in a dashboard that prioritizes tables to fix.

Dynasight is a hosted commercial service with no self-hosted version. The site advertises a 14-day free trial and has guides, comparison and pricing pages. Although the directory tagline calls it a general cloud cost platform, the homepage focuses on DynamoDB.

Key features

DynamoDB cost and performance analysis
Read-only IAM role without item-level reads
No write permissions or automatic changes
Prioritized findings per table
Inspection of table and index metadata
Revocable access under the customer's control

Good fit for

→Reducing a growing DynamoDB bill
→Auditing capacity settings across many tables
→Reviewing costs without exposing production data

Tags: aws; dynamodb; cost-optimization; finops; cloud; iam; monitoring

DynaSight: questions and answers

What is DynaSight used for?: Dynasight analyzes Amazon DynamoDB tables for cost waste using metadata and metrics only, with a read-only IAM role that cannot read item data. It is a good fit for reducing a growing DynamoDB bill, auditing capacity settings across many tables and reviewing costs without exposing production data.
How much does DynaSight cost?: Paid plans for DynaSight start at $5 per month, and there is no free plan.
Is DynaSight open source?: No. DynaSight is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the CI/CD & DevOps category, open-source options include PM2, OpenTofu and Spug.
What are some alternatives to DynaSight?: DynaSight competes with Vantage, CloudZero and Finout.