Amazon SimpleDB vs Oracle NoSQL comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle are both solutions in the NoSQL Databases category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #16 with an average rating of 8.0, while Oracle is ranked #10 with an average rating of 7.7. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 0.1% mindshare in ND, compared to Oracle’s 2.9% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Amazon SimpleDB

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100% willing to recommend

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon SimpleDB

Ranking in NoSQL Databases

16th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Non-Relational Databases (8th)

Oracle NoSQL

Ranking in NoSQL Databases

10th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the NoSQL Databases category, the mindshare of Amazon SimpleDB is 0.1%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle NoSQL is 2.9%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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BalakrishnaVegi

SAP Senior Architect at Cognizant

Adapting to changing data needs with reduced development time and schema flexibility

Amazon SimpleDB is beneficial to me due to its reduced development time, adaptability, improved agility, and its ability to handle unstructured data. It also offers schema flexibility, which aids me in documentation, version control, modular design, data normalization, and denormalization. With this, I have a clear understanding of the data, considering future challenges, and designing for expansion.

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GLEDSONCOOPER

Infrastructure specialist at Cooper Cloud

The implementation is simple and only takes 15 to 30 minutes

NoSQL has high availability. I think it's perfect from a technical perspective. It's quick to run and go Oracle could improve how NoSQL works in containers. I don't think NoSQL needs any new features, but I want to see new features in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. I would like to see some…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Amazon SimpleDB is beneficial to me due to its reduced development time, adaptability, improved agility, and its ability to handle unstructured data."

"The tool is easy to learn."

"The product meets expectations when it comes to stability."

"We have a support agreement with Oracle, ensuring full support for the product. It is crucial for our public-facing features. Oracle NoSQL is easy to manage and has fast data retrieval. Its compatibility with Oracle Database is seamless, making integration between NoSQL and relational databases smooth and effortless. Oracle NoSQL and NoSQL data replication in our environment works efficiently. Oracle fully supports it, and we can easily configure and manage authentication for the NoSQL database."

"NoSQL has high availability. I think it's perfect from a technical perspective. It's quick to run and go."

"Oracle NoSQL is pretty scalable."

Cons

"The ability to adapt database structures like tables and data types to changing data requirements without causing major disruptions or extensive code changes is an area where I feel improvement is needed."

"The installation is difficult."

"Focusing on making the administration easier compared to other solutions like MongoDB could be beneficial. Simplifying the administrative tasks could enhance the user experience."

"Oracle could improve how NoSQL works in containers. I don't think NoSQL needs any new features, but I want to see new features in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. I would like to see some improvements in OCI's building options."

"Handling big data in a user-friendly way is currently a bit of an issue. The dashboard for this needs some work."

"I would rate Oracle NoSQL six or 6.5 out of ten based on my experience."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is expensive and Oracle could work to lower the licensing cost."

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Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

13%

Government

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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon SimpleDB?

I find the price of Amazon SimpleDB to be relatively high compared to other solutions available in the market like Microsoft and other cloud services.

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What needs improvement with Amazon SimpleDB?

The ability to adapt database structures like tables and data types to changing data requirements without causing major disruptions or extensive code changes is an area where I feel improvement is ...

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What is your primary use case for Amazon SimpleDB?

I use Amazon SimpleDB for managing my SAP database.

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What do you like most about Oracle NoSQL?

The tool is easy to learn.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle NoSQL?

We use the enterprise edition of Oracle NoSQL.

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What needs improvement with Oracle NoSQL?

Sometimes we face problems with the connection between our applications and the database. It may be due to network issues or performance issues on Oracle's side. Our DBA team requests validations f...

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Overview

Amazon SimpleDB is a highly available NoSQL data store that offloads the work of database administration. Developers simply store and query data items via web services requests and Amazon SimpleDB does the rest.

Unbound by the strict requirements of a relational database, Amazon SimpleDB is optimized to provide high availability and flexibility, with little or no administrative burden. Behind the scenes, Amazon SimpleDB creates and manages multiple geographically distributed replicas of your data automatically to enable high availability and data durability. The service charges you only for the resources actually consumed in storing your data and serving your requests. You can change your data model on the fly, and data is automatically indexed for you. With Amazon SimpleDB, you can focus on application development without worrying about infrastructure provisioning, high availability, software maintenance, schema and index management, or performance tuning.

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The Oracle NoSQL Database (ONDB) provides network-accessible multiterabyte distributed key/value pair storage with predictable latency. Data is stored in a very flexible key-value format, where the key consists of the combination of a major and minor key (represented as a string) and an associated value (represented as a JSON data format or opaque set of bytes). It offers full Create, Read, Update and Delete (CRUD) operations, with adjustable durability and consistency guarantees. It also provides powerful and flexible transactional model that eases the application development.

The Oracle NoSQL Database is designed to be a highly available and extremely scalable system, with predictable levels of throughput and latency, while requiring minimal administrative interaction.

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