# Amazon DynamoDB vs Apache HBase

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Amazon DynamoDB

| Attribute | Amazon DynamoDB | Apache HBase |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 87.8 (73% (medium)) | 48 (44% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 46 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 5,565 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 218 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"DynamoDB is a distributed key-value database that handles workloads at any scale with zero infrastructure management. It provides automatic scaling, multi-region replication with strong consistency options, ACID transactions, native vector search, and built-in integrations for analytics and event processing. It is indexed under NoSQL Databases.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What is Amazon DynamoDB?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon DynamoDB offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"Is Amazon DynamoDB free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon DynamoDB supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What platforms does Amazon DynamoDB support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon DynamoDB, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"Can Amazon DynamoDB be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 11 integrations for Amazon DynamoDB, including AWS Lambda, Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Redshift, Amazon S3 Tables, DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX), AWS Key Management Service (KMS) and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What does Amazon DynamoDB integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon DynamoDB. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon DynamoDB not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"What security certifications does Amazon DynamoDB have?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon DynamoDB is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_pr","question":"Where is Amazon DynamoDB available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source, distributed database built on Hadoop that stores billions of rows with millions of columns, designed for real-time access and extreme scalability. It is indexed under NoSQL Databases.","source":"https://hbase.apache.org","question":"What is Apache HBase?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache HBase is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://hbase.apache.org","question":"Is Apache HBase free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Apache HBase supports Linux and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://hbase.apache.org","question":"What platforms does Apache HBase support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache HBase can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://hbase.apache.org","question":"Can Apache HBase be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for Apache HBase, including Spark, MapReduce and Thrift. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://hbase.apache.org","question":"What does Apache HBase integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Apache HBase is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/apache/hbase","question":"Is Apache HBase open source?","confidence":0.67}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A fully managed cloud database service for key-value and document data, providing automatic scaling, pay-per-request billing, instant availability, and single-digit millisecond performance without requiring infrastructure management or maintenance. | Apache HBase is an open-source database that stores and retrieves vast quantities of structured data with minimal latency. It uses a column-oriented storage architecture inspired by Google's Bigtable and runs on standard commodity hardware. |
| features.capabilities | `{"schema":"schemaless","hosting":"cloud","data_model":"document","ttl_expiry":true,"consistency":"strong","replication":"active_active","multi_region":true,"partitioning":"automatic","transactions":"multi_item_acid","license_class":"proprietary","managed_cloud":true,"vector_search":true,"change_streams":true,"query_language":"key_only","acid_transactions":true,"secondary_indexes":"yes","horizontal_scaling":true}` | `{"hosting":"self","data_model":"wide_column","consistency":"strong","partitioning":"automatic","license_class":"permissive"}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 3 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"Amazon OpenSearch Service"},{"name":"Amazon SageMaker"},{"name":"Amazon Redshift"},{"name":"Amazon S3 Tables"},{"name":"DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)"},{"name":"AWS Key Management Service (KMS)"},{"name":"AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)"},{"name":"AWS CloudWatch"},{"name":"AWS PrivateLink"},{"name":"DynamoDB Accelerator","native":true},{"name":"Kinesis Data Streams","native":false,"category":"streaming"},{"name":"CloudWatch","native":false,"category":"monitoring"},{"name":"Amazon Kinesis Data Streams","native":true,"category":"data_streaming","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Amazon Bedrock","native":true,"category":"ai_ml","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"OpenAI","native":false,"category":"ai_ml","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Cohere","native":false,"category":"ai_ml","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"Spark"},{"name":"MapReduce"},{"name":"Thrift"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Java |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"On-Demand","summary":"Pay per read/write request and storage used","features":["Serverless","Automatic scaling","Vector search","ACID transactions","Global tables"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.25,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"write_request"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.625,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"read_request"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.625,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Pay-per-request pricing with automatic scaling","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Provisioned Capacity","summary":"Fixed provisioned throughput with optional reserved capacity","features":["Predictable pricing","Reserved capacity discounts","Write throughput provisioning"],"description":"Reserved throughput capacity with optional reserved capacity discounts","contactSales":false},{"free":true,"name":"Free Tier","summary":"Free tier sufficient for approximately 200M requests per month","features":["Learning and development","Personal apps","Prototypes"],"description":"Free tier includes 25 GB storage and 25 provisioned read/write capacity units per hour per region","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"25GB/month","requests":"200M/month"}}],"addOns":[{"name":"Vector Search"},{"name":"Reserved Provisioned Capacity"},{"name":"On-Demand Backups"},{"name":"DynamoDB Streams"},{"name":"Data Import/Export"}],"summary":"From pay-per-request usage or provisioned capacity. Free tier includes 200M requests/month and 25GB storage.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-10-05T11:03:11.155Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"gb","amount":0.25,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","sourceUrl":"https://hbase.apache.org","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T13:46:59.237Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.25,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | - |
| release.cadence_days | - | 59 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/3.0.0","date":"2026-08-06T02:06:26Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/3.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/3.0.0-beta-2","date":"2026-07-17T03:48:54Z","type":"prerelease","version":"rel/3.0.0-beta-2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.6.5","date":"2026-04-27T13:29:22Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.6.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.14","date":"2026-04-27T13:28:40Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.14"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.6.4","date":"2025-11-15T15:32:50Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.6.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.13","date":"2025-11-15T15:31:36Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.13"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.12","date":"2025-10-07T09:58:53Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.12"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.6.3","date":"2025-07-15T14:01:26Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.6.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.11","date":"2025-03-30T13:46:17Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.11"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.6.2","date":"2025-02-25T01:48:37Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.6.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.6.1","date":"2024-10-19T08:22:27Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.10","date":"2024-07-26T08:49:38Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.10"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.9","date":"2024-07-18T01:03:02Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.4.18","date":"2024-05-25T15:09:33Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.4.18"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.6.0","date":"2024-05-25T10:32:11Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.8","date":"2024-03-21T03:20:41Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/3.0.0-beta-1","date":"2024-01-21T12:58:23Z","type":"prerelease","version":"rel/3.0.0-beta-1"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.7","date":"2024-01-10T13:55:12Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.6","date":"2023-10-25T06:43:45Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/apache/hbase/releases/tag/rel/2.5.5","date":"2023-06-19T13:57:53Z","type":"stable","version":"rel/2.5.5"}]` |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | - |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"PCI DSS","status":"active"},{"name":"HIPAA/HITECH","status":"active"},{"name":"FedRAMP","status":"active"},{"name":"GDPR","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.scorecard | - | 6.7 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/ | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=maven&package_name=org.hbasene%3Ahbase-core&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (NoSQL Databases)

| Capability | Amazon DynamoDB | Apache HBase |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Data model | Document | Wide-column |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query language | Key API only | - |
| **Consistency** |  |  |
| Consistency | Strong | Strong |
| **Transactions** |  |  |
| Transactions | Multi-item ACID | - |
| **Indexing** |  |  |
| Secondary indexes | Yes | - |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Partitioning / sharding | Automatic | Automatic |
| Multi-region | ✓ | - |
| **Replication** |  |  |
| Replication topology | Active-active | - |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud only | Self-hosted only |
| **Schema** |  |  |
| Schema | Schemaless | - |
| **Features** |  |  |
| TTL / auto-expiry | ✓ | - |
| Change streams / CDC | ✓ | - |
| Vector / search built-in | ✓ | - |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | Permissive OSS |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:15:31.940Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*