# Amazon DynamoDB vs RethinkDB

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Amazon DynamoDB

| Attribute | Amazon DynamoDB | RethinkDB |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 87.8 (73% (medium)) | 40.7 (57% (medium)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 1,283 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 27,005 |
| adoption.package_downloads_weekly | - | 12,928 |
| 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 NoSQL database built on a distributed architecture that eliminates polling by pushing fresh data to applications automatically. It stores flexible JSON documents and is designed to simplify building applications that display live information to users. It is indexed under NoSQL Databases.","source":"https://rethinkdb.com","question":"What is RethinkDB?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"RethinkDB is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://rethinkdb.com","question":"Is RethinkDB free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to RethinkDB. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://rethinkdb.com","question":"What platforms does RethinkDB support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. RethinkDB can be deployed self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://rethinkdb.com","question":"Can RethinkDB be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for RethinkDB, including Elasticsearch, RabbitMQ, Rails and PubNub. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://rethinkdb.com","question":"What does RethinkDB integrate with?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| 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. | A database that eliminates polling by automatically streaming query changes to connected clients, enabling developers to build responsive real-time applications with less complexity. |
| 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}` | `{"schema":"schemaless","hosting":"self","data_model":"document","replication":"primary_secondary","license_class":"permissive","change_streams":true,"secondary_indexes":"yes"}` |
| integrations.count | 9 | 4 |
| 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":"Elasticsearch"},{"name":"RabbitMQ"},{"name":"Rails"},{"name":"PubNub"}]` |
| language.primary | - | C++ |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"windows":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","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://rethinkdb.com","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T22:31:08.485Z"}` |
| 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 | - | 25 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.4.4","date":"2023-12-11T01:42:50Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.4.3","date":"2023-02-05T01:14:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.4.2","date":"2022-05-07T19:28:23Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.4.1","date":"2020-08-14T19:51:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.4.0","date":"2019-12-19T18:30:54Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.3.6","date":"2017-07-23T02:20:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.3.5","date":"2016-08-29T21:19:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.3.4","date":"2016-06-04T05:27:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.3.3","date":"2016-06-01T18:54:14Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.3.2","date":"2016-05-06T19:00:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.3.1","date":"2016-04-23T02:13:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.3.0","date":"2016-04-06T15:57:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.3.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.2.6","date":"2016-03-28T18:08:01Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.2.5","date":"2016-02-24T23:33:36Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.2.4","date":"2016-02-01T19:17:04Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.1.6","date":"2016-02-01T19:14:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.1.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.2.3-1","date":"2016-01-11T20:22:20Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.3-1"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.2.2","date":"2015-12-21T09:02:59Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.2.1","date":"2015-11-17T09:14:41Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb/releases/tag/v2.2.0","date":"2015-11-12T15:26:33Z","type":"stable","version":"v2.2.0"}]` |
| 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 | - | 3.3 |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/ | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=npm&package_name=rethinkdb&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (NoSQL Databases)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:03:32.565Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*