Database & Data Management · pricing
DynamoDB pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for DynamoDB. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the database & data management tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- On request
- Model
- Usage-based
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Not on record
What is on record
The DynamoDB catalogue entry carries no price and a usage-based pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the DynamoDB review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full DynamoDB feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Single-digit Millisecond Latency
- Serverless
- Auto-scaling
- Global Tables
- Point-in-time Recovery
- Encryption
- Streams
Integrations
- Lambda
- API Gateway
- AppSync
- Glue
- Kinesis
Platform
- Web support
- Aws support
People bring DynamoDB in for high-scale, variable-workload applications, mobile and iot device backends, real-time analytics and dashboards, multi-region, globally distributed applications. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to DynamoDB are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Database & Data Management
Too few database & data management tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DynamoDB (this page) | On request | usage-based | - | |
| Knack | On request | subscription | - | vs DynamoDB |
| Ninox | On request | subscription | - | vs DynamoDB |
| Grist | On request | subscription | - | vs DynamoDB |
| Cloudinary | Free | freemium | - | vs DynamoDB |
| Azure SQL | Free | - | - | vs DynamoDB |
| Amazon Aurora | Free | usage-based | - | vs DynamoDB |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the DynamoDB badges page.
Before you pay for DynamoDB
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare DynamoDB against the tools that do have one before committing.
DynamoDB runs on aws, and is published by Amazon Web Services of Seattle, Washington. The full record is on the DynamoDB review, and the rest of the category is under best database & data management tools.
DynamoDB pricing questions
- How much does DynamoDB cost?
- No price is published on the record we hold for DynamoDB, which is listed as usage-based. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
- Does DynamoDB have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: DynamoDB is listed as usage-based. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- Which database & data management tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 database & data management tools listed alongside DynamoDB have a free tier: Cloudinary, Azure SQL, Amazon Aurora, Apache Druid, Apache Pinot.
- What am I actually paying for with DynamoDB?
- The record lists 14 features across 3 areas: core, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for high-scale, variable-workload applications, mobile and iot device backends, real-time analytics and dashboards.
- Does DynamoDB charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these DynamoDB prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare DynamoDB against before paying?
- The closest database & data management tools in this directory are Knack, Ninox, Grist, Cloudinary. Each has a side-by-side comparison with DynamoDB covering price, platforms and features.