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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
  • Couchbase
  • 20MB per document
  • DynamoDB
  • Limited
  • DAX is extra cost
  • 400 KB per row
  • 10TB max
  • 20 per table
  • 10TB per region
  • Serverless
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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  • β€œFor us to set up a resilient implementation of Couchbase, it took us minutes. We stood up three servers, balanced the load, and instantly we were resilient.”
    Robert Lawrence, Product Owner of Digital Catalysts Platforms, PG&E
    20,000 employees
    16 million customers
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From DynamoDB to Couchbase: Know Why?

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

Why Couchbase
Resources

Learn more about how Couchbase compares to DynamoDB

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Altoros report: 2023 NoSQL DBaaS performance: Couchbase Capella vs. Amazon DynamoDB
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Executive summary: Altoros benchmark study – DynamoDB
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DynamoDB users: Why switching to Couchbase will save you time and money
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