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Compare Couchbase to DynamoDB™

Customers are switching to Couchbase for performance, price, ease of use, and versatility

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CHALLENGES

Critical DynamoDB pitfalls that Couchbase overcomes

With Amazon DynamoDB, you’re locked into the AWS platform with high and unpredictable costs. Support is lacking for mobile and edge applications. And scaling is expensive and cripples performance.

  • Challenge #1

    High and unpredictable operating costs

    DynamoDB quickly becomes an expensive platform for data management as a project grows.

  • CHALLENGE #2

    Lack of multi-purpose versatility

    DynamoDB is a key-value database. You pay extra for caching, search, eventing, analytics, and mobile.

  • CHALLENGE #3

    Limited performance at scale

    DynamoDB runs into crippling performance issues when pushed to scale.

  • CHALLENGE #4

    Mobile and edge computing

    DynamoDB doesn’t have an embedded database or support for enterprise mobile and edge applications.

FEATURES

Couchbase is faster and a better value than DynamoDB

What’s included
Fast key-value access
JSON document support
Built-in caching
Row/document size limit
Unlimited table size
Unlimited global secondary indexes
SQL-friendly language
SQL joins and group by
Full-text search
Unlimited regional data replication
Tunable scaling of data access services (MDS)
Mobile database and sync
Cross-cloud and on-premises deployment
Low TCO
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CUSTOMERS

What customers are saying

“We produce more data on a single MedallionClass cruise than would have been created in history. All that intelligence is invested back into the guest experience.”

John Padgett, President, Carnival Corporation

100

vessels across 10 cruise lines

5,000+

passengers aboard the ships

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From DynamoDB to Couchbase: Know Why?

Couchbase excels over DynamoDB: Caching, JSON, SQL++, DBaaS, Mobile Sync, & more.

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Resources

Learn more about how Couchbase compares to DynamoDB

  • WHITEPAPER

    Altoros report: 2023 NoSQL DBaaS performance: Couchbase Capella vs. Amazon DynamoDB

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  • REPORT

    Executive summary: Altoros benchmark study – DynamoDB

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  • WHITEPAPER

    DynamoDB users: Why switching to Couchbase will save you time and money

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