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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon DynamoDB

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AAmazon DynamoDB is a cloud-native, NoSQL, serverless database service.

    $0

    capacity unit per hour

    MySQL

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMySQL is a popular open-source relational and embedded database, now owned by Oracle.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon DynamoDBMySQL
    Editions & Modules
    Provisioned - Read Operation
    $0.00013
    capacity unit per hour
    Provisioned - Write Operation
    $0.00065
    capacity unit per hour
    Provisioned - Global Tables
    $0.000975
    per Read Capacity
    On-Demand Streams
    $0.02
    per 100,000 read operations
    Provisioned - Streams
    $0.02
    per 100,000 read operations
    On-Demand Data Requests Outside AWS Regions
    $0.09
    per GB
    Provisioned - Data Requests Outside AWS Regions
    $0.09
    per GB
    On-Demand Snapshot
    $0.10
    per GB per month
    Provisioned - Snapshot
    $0.10
    per GB per month
    On-Demand Restoring a Backup
    $0.15
    per GB
    Provisioned - Restoring a Backup
    $0.15
    per GB
    On-Demand Point-in-Time Recovery
    $0.20
    per GB per month
    Provisioned - Point-in-Time Recovery
    $0.20
    per GB per month
    On-Demand Read Operation
    $0.25
    per million requests
    On-Demand Data Stored
    $0.25
    per GB per month
    Provisioned - Data Stored
    $0.25
    per GB per month
    On-Demand - Write Operation
    $1.25
    per million requests
    On-Demand Global Tables
    $1.875
    per million write operations replicated
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    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon DynamoDBMySQL
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon DynamoDBMySQL
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon DynamoDB
    I've used SQL and NoSQL solutions, such as MongoDB and MySQL. I would not choose Dynamo to be a primary datastore and one of the others is likely a better option. Dynamo is good as almost viewed as a large cache. If you want something that is more supported and easier to work …
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    Chose Amazon DynamoDB
    Other all SQL Databases are based on the traditional Schema Structure and Amazon DynamoDB is NoSQL so you don't need to generate the SQL Schemas. You can store the data whatever you want, whenever you want. You can store data in structured or non-structured any way you want. If …
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon DynamoDB
    As a fully managed NoSQL service, DynamoDB provides a lot of functionality for relatively low cost. Scaling, sharding, throughput performance is managed for you, and you only pay for the bandwidth you provision.
    Incentivized
    Chose Amazon DynamoDB
    While evaluating Cassandra, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and DynamoDB we found Cassandra and DynamoDB being well suited for us. At the same time we didn't have the luxury of large team or devops so it came down to Amazon DynamoDB. As a small team we are glad to go forward with this …
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    Oracle
    Chose MySQL
    More lightweight and easier to learn than Oracle Database. Amazon DynamoDB is a better choice for big data.
    Incentivized
    Chose MySQL
    I've been using MySQL for so long that it's my go-to RDBMS. I really like MySQL Workbench in conjunction with MySQL. I've experimented with Amazon DynamoDB in my personal time.
    Incentivized
    Chose MySQL
    MySQL stands in better place when it comes to cost. It is also an inexpensive database. We selected this database due to the cost as first reason. Secondly we do not have complex database manipulation requirements separately. Occasionally we need to generate reports which we do …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon DynamoDBMySQL
    NoSQL Databases
    Comparison of NoSQL Databases features of Amazon DynamoDB and MySQL
    Feature
    Amazon DynamoDB
    9.2
    69 Ratings
    4% above category average
    MySQL
    -
    Ratings
    Performance9.368 Ratings00 Ratings
    Availability9.569 Ratings00 Ratings
    Concurrency9.067 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security9.269 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability9.468 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data model flexibility8.266 Ratings00 Ratings
    Deployment model flexibility10.023 Ratings00 Ratings
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    PostgreSQL
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Amazon DynamoDBMySQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (79 ratings)
    8.3
    (136 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (34 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.2
    (4 ratings)
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (42 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon DynamoDBMySQL
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    It’s great for server less and real-time applications. It would be great for gaming and mobile apps. However, if you need relational database and have fixed budget, do not use it. While budget can be managed, you need to be careful. Also this is not a tool for storing big data, there are other wide-column database types you could use for it ins the ad
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    Oracle
    MySQL is best suited for applications on platform like high-traffic content-driven websites, small-scale web apps, data warehouses which regards light analytical workloads. However its less suited for areas like enterprise data warehouse, OLAP cubes, large-scale reporting, applications requiring flexible or semi-structured data like event logging systems, product configurations, dynamic forms.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • To manage varying workloads, it enables users to increase capacity as necessary and decrease it as needed.
    • Users can take advantage of its auto-scaling, in-memory caching, and backup without paying for the services of a database administrator.
    • We can use it for low scale operations.
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    Oracle
    • Stable - it just runs, with minimal downtime or errors
    • Fast - well-structured data is quickly written and read
    • Secure - MySQL is easy to keep data secure from people and applications that shouldn't see it
    • Easy to use - SQL is industry standard so no problems with adding, editing and reading data stored in MySQL
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Cost model may not be easy to control and may lead to higher costs if not carefully planned
    • Indexing may be a cost culprit when not planned, because it's not included on the data costs
    • The Query Language may not fulfill everybody's expectations, as it has less features than those of competitors.
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    Oracle
    • Learning curve: is big. Newbies will face problems in understanding the platform initially. However, with plenty of online resources, one can easily find solutions to problems and learn on the go.
    • Backup and restore: MySQL is not very seamless. Although the data is never ruptured or missed, the process involved is not very much user-friendly. Maybe, a new command-line interface for only the backup-restore functionality shall be set up again to make this very important step much easier to perform and maintain.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    It's core to our business, we couldn't survive without it. We use it to drive everything from FTP logins to processing stories and delivering them to clients. It's reliable and easy to query from all of our pipeline services. Integration with things like AWS Lambda makes it easy to trigger events and run code whenever something changes in the database.
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    Oracle
    For teaching Databases and SQL, I would definitely continue to use MySQL. It provides a good, solid foundation to learn about databases. Also to learn about the SQL language and how it works with the creation, insertion, deletion, updating, and manipulation of data, tables, and databases. This SQL language is a foundation and can be used to learn many other database related concepts.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    Functionally, DynamoDB has the features needed to use it. The interface is not as easy to use, which impacts its usability. Being familiar with AWS in general is helpful in understanding the interface, however it would be better if the interface more closely aligned with traditional tools for managing datastores.
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    Oracle
    I give MySQL a 9/10 overall because I really like it but I feel like there are a lot of tech people who would hate it if I gave it a 10/10. I've never had any problems with it or reached any of its limitations but I know a few people who have so I can't give it a 10/10 based on those complaints.
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
    It works very well across all the regions and response time is also very quick due to AWS's internal data transfer. Plus if your product requires HIPPA or some other regulations needs to be followed, you can easily replicate the DB into multiple regions and they manage all by it's own.
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    Oracle
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    I have not had to contact support for this service, however I have had to contact AWS for other services and their support has been good.
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    Oracle
    We have never contacted MySQL enterprise support team for any issues related to MySQL. This is because we have been using primarily the MySQL Server community edition and have been using the MySQL support forums for any questions and practical guidance that we needed before and during the technical implementations. Overall, the support community has been very helpful and allowed us to make the most out of the community edition.
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
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    Oracle
    1. Estimate your data size. 2. Test, test, and test.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    The only thing that can be compared to DynamoDB from the selected services can be Aurora. It is just that we use Aurora for High-Performance requirements as it can be 6 times faster than normal RDS DB. Both of them have served as well in the required scenario and we are very happy with most of the AWS services.
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    Oracle
    MongoDB has a dynamic schema for how data is stored in 'documents' whereas MySQL is more structured with tables, columns, and rows. MongoDB was built for high availability whereas MySQL can be a challenge when it comes to replication of the data and making everything redundant in the event of a DR or outage.
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
    I have taken one point away due to its size limits. In case the application requires queries, it becomes really complicated to read and write data. When it comes to extremely large data sets such as the case in my company, a third-party logistics company, where huge amount of data is generated on a daily basis, even though the scalability is good, it becomes difficult to manage all the data due to limits.
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    Oracle
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Some developers see DynamoDB and try to fit problems to it, instead of picking the best solution for a given problem. This is true of any newer tool that people are trying to adopt.
    • It has allowed us to add more scalability to some of our systems.
    • As with any new technology there was a ramp up/rework phase as we learned best practices.
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    Oracle
    • As it is an open source solution through community solution, we can use it in a multitude of projects without cost license
    • The acquisition by Oracle makes you need to contract support for the enterprise version
    • If you have knowledge about oracle databases, you can get more out of the enterprise version
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