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Comparison

Amazon DynamoDB vs ArangoDB

On the evidence we track, Amazon DynamoDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 88/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon DynamoDB full profile →ArangoDB full profile →
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★Amazon DynamoDB88
ArangoDB51
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon DynamoDB88 / 100medium · 73%
ArangoDB51 / 100low · 42%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB✓
Model
Amazon DynamoDBfreemium
ArangoDBfreemium
Price level
Amazon DynamoDBlow
ArangoDBlow
Starting price
Amazon DynamoDB$0.25
ArangoDB–
Transparent
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB✗
Integrations
Count
Amazon DynamoDB9
ArangoDB–
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB–
Fedramp
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB–
Gdpr
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB–
Hipaa
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB–
Iso27001
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB–
Pci
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB–
Scorecard
Amazon DynamoDB–
ArangoDB7.2
Soc2
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB–
Trust center
Amazon DynamoDBhttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
ArangoDB–
Vulnerabilities
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon DynamoDB99.999
ArangoDB–
Status page
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon DynamoDB–
ArangoDB0
Github stars
Amazon DynamoDB–
ArangoDB14,278
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon DynamoDB–
ArangoDB100
Language
Primary
Amazon DynamoDB–
ArangoDBC++
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon DynamoDB7 items
ArangoDB3 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for nosql databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Data model
Amazon DynamoDBDocument
ArangoDBMulti-model
Query
Query language
Amazon DynamoDBKey API only
ArangoDB-
Consistency
Consistency
Amazon DynamoDBStrong
ArangoDB-
Transactions
Transactions
Amazon DynamoDBMulti-item ACID
ArangoDBMulti-item ACID
Indexing
Secondary indexes
Amazon DynamoDBYes
ArangoDBYes
Scale
Partitioning / sharding
Amazon DynamoDBAutomatic
ArangoDBAutomatic
Multi-region
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB✓
Replication
Replication topology
Amazon DynamoDBActive-active
ArangoDBPrimary-secondary
Deployment
Hosting
Amazon DynamoDBCloud only
ArangoDBCloud + self-hosted
Schema
Schema
Amazon DynamoDBSchemaless
ArangoDBOptional schema
Features
TTL / auto-expiry
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB-
Change streams / CDC
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB-
Vector / search built-in
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB✓
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon DynamoDBProprietary
ArangoDBSource-available (SSPL/BSL)

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon DynamoDB

Leader

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.

Independently observed

ArangoDB

A native multi-model database that supports documents, graphs, and key-value data with integrated search capabilities. Runs on-premise or in the cloud with flexible data modeling, SQL-like querying, and support for distributed deployments.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon DynamoDB

Leader
from $0.25/gbUsage-basedFree tier

From pay-per-request usage or provisioned capacity. Free tier includes 200M requests/month and 25GB storage.

  • On-DemandPay per read/write request and storage used
    • Serverless
    • Automatic scaling
    • Vector search
    • ACID transactions
    • Global tables
  • Provisioned CapacityFixed provisioned throughput with optional reserved capacity
    • Predictable pricing
    • Reserved capacity discounts
    • Write throughput provisioning
  • Free TierFree
    • Learning and development
    • Personal apps
    • Prototypes
as of verify ↗

ArangoDB

HybridFree tier

Free Community Edition for non-commercial use (100GB limit). Enterprise Edition available via contact sales.

  • Community EditionFree
  • Enterprise EditionContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB✓
CLI
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ArangoDB✓
On-premise
Amazon DynamoDB✗
ArangoDB✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon DynamoDB

Leader
17 total
  • AWS Lambda
  • Amazon OpenSearch Service
  • Amazon SageMaker
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Amazon S3 Tables
  • DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)
  • AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
  • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • AWS PrivateLink
  • DynamoDB Accelerator
  • Kinesis Data Streams
  • CloudWatch
  • Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • OpenAI
  • Cohere
Independently observed

ArangoDB

Not documented yet.

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