Comparison

Amazon DynamoDB vs MongoDB

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 →MongoDB full profile →

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★Amazon DynamoDB88

MongoDB76

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon DynamoDBLeader	MongoDB
vioscaleAI score	88 / 100medium · 73%	76 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	freemium
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	mid
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$0.25	$56.94
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	9	6
Security
Certificationssecurity.certifications	SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, GDPR	SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, ISO 9001:2015, PCI DSS +8 more
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	✓
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	✓
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	✓
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	✓
Iso27001security.iso27001	✓	✓
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	✓
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.8
Soc2security.soc2	✓	✓
Trust centersecurity.trust_center	https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/	https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/trust
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	99.99
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	✓
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	8
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	28,614
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 · Popular in US	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	7 items	8 items

Score

vioscaleAI score

Amazon DynamoDB88 / 100medium · 73%

MongoDB76 / 100medium · 71%

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Model

Amazon DynamoDBfreemium

MongoDBfreemium

Price level

Amazon DynamoDBlow

MongoDBmid

Starting price

Amazon DynamoDB$0.25

MongoDB$56.94

Transparent

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Integrations

Count

Amazon DynamoDB9

MongoDB6

Security

Certifications

Amazon DynamoDBSOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, FedRAMP, GDPR

MongoDBSOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, ISO/IEC 27017:2015, ISO/IEC 27018:2019, ISO 9001:2015, PCI DSS +8 more

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–

MongoDB4.8

Soc2

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Trust center

Amazon DynamoDBhttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/

MongoDBhttps://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/trust

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

MongoDB99.99

Status page

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Adoption

Dependent repos

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB8

Github stars

Amazon DynamoDB–

MongoDB28,614

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 · Popular in US

MongoDBAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Amazon DynamoDB7 items

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	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 DynamoDBMulti-item ACID

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

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

MongoDB

MongoDB is a fully managed cloud database that uses flexible document-based storage and supports complex queries, analytics, and advanced search capabilities including vector and full-text search functionality.

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 2026-10-05verify ↗

MongoDB

from $56.94/moHybridFree tier

Free tier (512MB), Flex from $8–$30/month, Dedicated from $56.94/month

Free (M0)Free
- 512MB storage
- 32MB sort memory
- 100 ops/sec
- shared vCPUs
- replica set
Flex Clusters$8–$30/month based on usage
- hourly billing
- monthly invoices
Dedicated ClustersFrom $56.94/month
- dedicated resources
- auto-scaling
- horizontal scaling via sharding

as of 2026-10-05verify ↗

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	✓	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓
On-premiseDeployment	✗	✓
HybridDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

macOS

Amazon DynamoDB✗

MongoDB✓

Windows

Amazon DynamoDB✗

MongoDB✓

Linux

Amazon DynamoDB✗

MongoDB✓

CLI

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon DynamoDB✓

MongoDB✓

Self-hosted

Amazon DynamoDB✗

MongoDB✓

On-premise

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

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

MongoDB

12 total

Vertex AI
BigQuery
Datastream
Google Kubernetes Engine
Looker
Apigee
Apache Kafka
Google Vertex AI
Google Cloud BigQuery
Google Cloud Datastream
Google Cloud Functions
Kubernetes

Independently observed

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