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Comparison

Amazon DynamoDB vs ScyllaDB

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.

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★Amazon DynamoDB88
ScyllaDB58
Score
vioscaleAI score
Amazon DynamoDB88 / 100medium · 73%
ScyllaDB58 / 100low · 45%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Model
Amazon DynamoDBfreemium
ScyllaDBfreemium
Price level
Amazon DynamoDBlow
ScyllaDBlow
Starting price
Amazon DynamoDB$0.25
ScyllaDB–
Transparent
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✗
Integrations
Count
Amazon DynamoDB9
ScyllaDB4
Security
Certifications
Disclosure policy
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Fedramp
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB–
Gdpr
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Hipaa
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB–
Iso27001
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Pci
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Soc2
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Trust center
Amazon DynamoDBhttps://aws.amazon.com/compliance/
ScyllaDB–
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon DynamoDB99.999
ScyllaDB99.9
Status page
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB–
Adoption
Github stars
Amazon DynamoDB–
ScyllaDB15,780
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon DynamoDB–
ScyllaDB100
Language
Primary
Amazon DynamoDB–
ScyllaDBC++
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Amazon DynamoDB7 items
ScyllaDB7 items

Capabilities

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

Core
Data model
Amazon DynamoDBDocument
ScyllaDBWide-column
Query
Query language
Amazon DynamoDBKey API only
ScyllaDBCQL
Consistency
Consistency
Amazon DynamoDBStrong
ScyllaDBTunable
Transactions
Transactions
Amazon DynamoDBMulti-item ACID
ScyllaDB-
Indexing
Secondary indexes
Amazon DynamoDBYes
ScyllaDBYes
Scale
Partitioning / sharding
Amazon DynamoDBAutomatic
ScyllaDBAutomatic
Multi-region
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Replication
Replication topology
Amazon DynamoDBActive-active
ScyllaDBPrimary-secondary
Deployment
Hosting
Amazon DynamoDBCloud only
ScyllaDBCloud + self-hosted
Schema
Schema
Amazon DynamoDBSchemaless
ScyllaDBEnforced
Features
TTL / auto-expiry
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB-
Change streams / CDC
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Vector / search built-in
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon DynamoDBProprietary
ScyllaDBSource-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

ScyllaDB

A distributed database system optimized for fast data retrieval and high throughput, particularly for AI workloads including vector search and feature storage. Available as both a managed cloud service and self-hosted software.

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 ↗

ScyllaDB

Subscription

Subscription-based cloud tiers (Standard, Professional, Premium) with usage calculator. Exact pricing not disclosed on public pages.

  • StandardIndustry-leading performance, 2 Hour P1 support
    • Fully managed on AWS & GCP
    • High-throughput low-latency
    • Vector Search
    • Auto-scaling storage & compute
    • SOC2, ISO certifications
    • +2 more
  • ProfessionalEnterprise-grade scalability, 1 Hour P1 support, 24x7
    • All Standard features
    • 1 Hour P1 Support response
    • 24x7 support
    • Bring Your Own Account
    • Multi-region active-active HA/DR
    • +2 more
  • PremiumContact sales
    • All Professional features
    • 15 minutes P1 Support response
    • 24x7 support
    • Bring Your Own Encryption Key
    • Advanced networking (Private Link)
    • +3 more
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✓
ScyllaDB✓
CLI
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon DynamoDB✓
ScyllaDB✓
Self-hosted
Amazon DynamoDB✗
ScyllaDB✓

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

ScyllaDB

4 total
  • DynamoDB (Alternator API compatibility)
  • Kubernetes (ScyllaDB Operator)
  • AWS
  • GCP
Independently observed
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