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Amazon DynamoDB vs Amazon Neptune comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 3, 2025

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon DynamoDB
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
2nd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Amazon Neptune
Ranking in Managed NoSQL Databases
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Managed NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Amazon DynamoDB is 18.0%, down from 24.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Amazon Neptune is 10.4%, down from 14.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed NoSQL Databases
 

Featured Reviews

MohamedBouzidi - PeerSpot reviewer
Streamlined data management with robust automation and easy replication
Amazon DynamoDB has been a reliable service that is very performant and meets our expectations. Its automation capacity reduces the need for more personnel, which aligns perfectly with our strategy of focusing on serverless services. The ease of data replication between regions is a significant benefit since it was already integrated into the solution.
Sachin Mhetre - PeerSpot reviewer
Efficient real-time fraud detection with integrated debugging support
So, I'm not using it currently, but when I was working with my last organization, which was a gaming company, we used Amazon Neptune for real-time fraud detection. We maintained user data, mobile device data, and other information as graph data. These vertices and the connections between them…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Amazon DynamoDB is a NoSQL database that stores unstructured data and provides high performance."
"Its scalability is really good. I can go up to a petabyte of data. It is more of an on-demand use case. I can go from 100 MB to 1 PB if I want, which is very good. Most of the other databases would want you to stick to a specific data allocation. Its subscription cost is lower than similar databases offered by other vendors."
"DynamoDB is a key-value database, and it's valuable if you have simple scan queries and don't need to do point searches."
"The most valuable features of the solution are its price and stability."
"One of the most valuable features of Amazon DynamoDB is it can handle unstructured or semi-structured data."
"Amazon DynamoDB is serverless and fast, and we can use different keys along with it in our code."
"The possibility of managing documents is the most valuable aspect of the solution. I like the fact that I don't have to define the fields."
"Amazon DynamoDB allows you to configure your read-write capacity and create a single global table that can be accessed with any other region."
"The initial setup is actually simple."
"Relational databases are never good at identifying patterns in graphs or other similar relationships, whereas Amazon Neptune is."
 

Cons

"In future releases, I would like a feature that lets us store information about public holidays or weekends. When customers call during those closed periods, we could use DynamoDB to trigger an automatic message. So this would eliminate the need for agents to manually inform customers."
"I initially faced issues with the solution's stability, performance, and security."
"The solution's efficiency and performance should be faster than other databases."
"If you purchase the support plan, their support team is good. If not, it takes two to three days to respond, sometimes even more."
"Currently, there is no option for a scheduled refresh in this solution. We want the data to be populated into DynamoDB on a timely basis. Currently, you have to go to the DynamoDB table and hit the refresh button to populate it with the new data. If you have connected DynamoDB to a BI application for creating visualizations with charts, graphs, or other things, you would want it to get updated as per the schedule so that you have updated visualizations in your BI application."
"The setup cost could be reduced. But overall, the tool works smoothly."
"The pricing for larger databases is higher."
"There are some issues like if we missed something or somehow were not able to store the data, then it was quite difficult for us to get back that data."
"Amazon Neptune could improve by spreading more awareness for others to have an understanding of the solution because the technology is fairly new. The developer community and larger community do not understand it yet."
"In my scenario, the integration wasn't easy because ................in Java."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is cheaper than Cosmos DB."
"The product is expensive"
"The solution's pricing is good, and it's not expensive."
"Amazon DynamoDB is not an expensive solution."
"We previously paid around $20,000 a month for MongoDB, and now we're paying just $4,000 monthly for Amazon DynamoDB."
"I would rate the pricing for this solution a four out of five."
"Compared to a high-end relational database, it's cheap."
"You can get committed capacity or transaction-based pricing. If you're doing it on demand, they charge based on whether you're reading or writing. They charge $1.25 for every million rights to the database and 25 cents for every million reads from the database. The first 25 gigabytes of storage are free, and they charge 25 cents a gigabyte a month. So, it's a very different world. It's a quarter a gigabyte a month. You can store a lot of data. They have a separate fee for automated backup, and if you want it globally distributed, where it's distributed around the world, there's a slightly different price."
"Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS are on par for pricing and Google has been raising its prices."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
5%
Financial Services Firm
20%
Computer Software Company
20%
Construction Company
6%
University
6%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon DynamoDB?
The user interface could be improved to make it more intuitive. From a design and solution perspective, it's really good, but the interface always has room for enhancement.
What is your primary use case for Amazon DynamoDB?
We use Amazon DynamoDB for data lookups with the consultancy.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Neptune?
When taken as part of the whole AWS contract, it was cheaper, but as a single service, Neptune was more expensive compared to Neo4j.
What needs improvement with Amazon Neptune?
Some improvements could be made by introducing a UI that would clearly show the vertices and connections, which would make it easier to visualize and debug. Additionally, the need for downtime duri...
What is your primary use case for Amazon Neptune?
So, I'm not using it currently, but when I was working with my last organization, which was a gaming company, we used Amazon Neptune for real-time fraud detection. We maintained user data, mobile d...
 

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Sample Customers

Samsung, Snapchat, Capital One, Expedia, Tinder, Airbnb, Comcast, Lyft, Redfin, Netflix, Adobe
Intuit, Pearson, Samsung, Ignition One, Lifeomic, Blackfynn, Paysense
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