Comparison

Amazon DynamoDB vs MongoDB

On the evidence we track, MongoDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 75/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amazon DynamoDB60

★MongoDB75

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon DynamoDB	MongoDBLeader
Vioscale score	60 / 100medium · 72%	75 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	10	7
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	-	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.7
Soc2security.soc2	-	✓
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=mongodb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.999	99.995
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	8
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	28,507
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	170,000
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	100
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	30
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	SSPL-1.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	C++
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · HQ US	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB · HQ US
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	8 items

Score

Vioscale score

Amazon DynamoDB60 / 100medium · 72%

MongoDB75 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Model

Amazon DynamoDBfreemium

MongoDBcommercial

Price level

Amazon DynamoDBlow

MongoDBlow

Transparent

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Integrations

Count

Amazon DynamoDB10

MongoDB7

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Fedramp

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Gdpr

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Hipaa

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Iso27001

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB✓

Pci

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Scorecard

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB4.7

Soc2

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB✓

Vulnerabilities

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDBCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=conda&package_name=mongodb&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Sla pct

Amazon DynamoDB99.999

MongoDB99.995

Status page

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB8

Github stars

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB28,507

Stackoverflow questions

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB170,000

Activity

Commits last 30d

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB100

Release

Cadence days

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB30

License

Spdx

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDBSSPL-1.0

Language

Primary

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDBC++

Market

Availability

Amazon DynamoDBAvailable worldwide · HQ US

MongoDBAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB · HQ US

Content

Faq

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB8 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for NoSQL Databases
Capability	Amazon DynamoDB	MongoDB
Core
Data model	Document	Document
Query
Query language	Key API only	MQL / document API
Consistency
Consistency	Strong	Tunable
Transactions
Transactions	-	Multi-item ACID
Indexing
Secondary indexes	Yes	Yes
Scale
Partitioning / sharding	Automatic	Automatic
Multi-region	✓	✓
Replication
Replication topology	Active-active	Primary-secondary
Deployment
Hosting	Cloud only	Cloud + self-hosted
Schema
Schema	Schemaless	Schemaless
Features
TTL / auto-expiry	-	✓
Change streams / CDC	✓	✓
Vector / search built-in	✓	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Proprietary	Source-available (SSPL/BSL)

Core

Data model

Amazon DynamoDBDocument

MongoDBDocument

Query

Query language

Amazon DynamoDBKey API only

MongoDBMQL / document API

Consistency

Amazon DynamoDBStrong

MongoDBTunable

Transactions

Amazon DynamoDB-

MongoDBMulti-item ACID

Indexing

Secondary indexes

Amazon DynamoDBYes

MongoDBYes

Scale

Partitioning / sharding

Amazon DynamoDBAutomatic

MongoDBAutomatic

Multi-region

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Replication

Replication topology

Amazon DynamoDBActive-active

MongoDBPrimary-secondary

Deployment

Hosting

Amazon DynamoDBCloud only

MongoDBCloud + self-hosted

Schema

Amazon DynamoDBSchemaless

MongoDBSchemaless

Features

TTL / auto-expiry

Amazon DynamoDB-

MongoDB✓

Change streams / CDC

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Vector / search built-in

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Licensing

Licence class

Amazon DynamoDBProprietary

MongoDBSource-available (SSPL/BSL)

What each one is

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

Amazon DynamoDB

A cloud-native database service that scales instantly to handle any workload size while maintaining millisecond response times, requiring no server provisioning or maintenance, with built-in capabilities for AI applications including native vector search and global multi-region replication.

Independently observed

MongoDB

Leader

MongoDB is a distributed database platform available as a fully managed cloud service across multiple providers or as a self-hosted deployment. It supports JSON-like documents with flexible schemas, real-time querying, multi-region replication, ACID transactions, and integrated vector search for AI applications.

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

Usage-basedFree tier

Pay-as-you-go model. Free tier available.

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

MongoDB

Leader

from $0.01/moHybridFree tier

Free tier available. Flex clusters from $8-$30/month. Dedicated clusters from $56.94/month. Enterprise Advanced available via contact sales.

FreeFree
- Free forever
- 512MB storage
- Shared RAM and vCPU
Flex$0.011/hour (up to $30/month)
- 5GB storage
- Shared RAM and vCPU
- On-demand burst capacity
- Up to $30/month
DedicatedStarts at $56.94/month
- Dedicated resources
- Configurable storage and compute
- M10 through M700 cluster tiers
- Multiple regions available
Enterprise AdvancedContact sales
- Ops Manager
- Kubernetes Operator
- Enterprise security features
- BI integration
- Commercial license
- +1 more

as of 2026-08-14verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon DynamoDB	MongoDB
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

CLI

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Self-hosted

Amazon DynamoDB✗

MongoDB✓

Hybrid

Amazon DynamoDB✗

MongoDB✓

Integrations

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

Amazon DynamoDB

10 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

Independently observed

MongoDB

Leader

7 total

Vertex AI
BigQuery
Datastream
Google Kubernetes Engine
Looker
Apigee
Apache Kafka

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.