# Amazon DynamoDB vs ScyllaDB

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Amazon DynamoDB

| Attribute | Amazon DynamoDB | ScyllaDB |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 87.8 (73% (medium)) | 57.9 (45% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 100 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 15,780 |
| 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":"A NoSQL database engineered for applications requiring extreme performance at scale, delivering single-digit millisecond latency with millions of operations per second, commonly used for AI workloads, feature stores, and vector search. It is indexed under NoSQL Databases.","source":"https://www.scylladb.com/product/scylla-cloud/get-pricing/","question":"What is ScyllaDB?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"ScyllaDB is sold across 3 plans: Standard, Professional and Premium. We have not confirmed a published price for every tier. There is no free tier. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.scylladb.com","question":"How much does ScyllaDB cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to ScyllaDB. 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://www.scylladb.com/product/scylla-cloud/get-pricing/","question":"What platforms does ScyllaDB support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. ScyllaDB can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.scylladb.com/product/scylla-cloud/get-pricing/","question":"Can ScyllaDB be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 4 integrations for ScyllaDB, including DynamoDB (Alternator API compatibility), Kubernetes (ScyllaDB Operator), AWS and GCP. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.scylladb.com","question":"What does ScyllaDB integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR for ScyllaDB. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as ScyllaDB not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.scylladb.com/trust","question":"What security certifications does ScyllaDB have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"ScyllaDB is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU. The vendor is headquartered in Israel.","source":"https://www.scylladb.com","question":"Where is ScyllaDB available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"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 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. |
| 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":"enforced","hosting":"both","data_model":"wide_column","consistency":"tunable","replication":"primary_secondary","multi_region":true,"partitioning":"automatic","license_class":"source_available","vector_search":true,"change_streams":true,"query_language":"cql","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":"DynamoDB (Alternator API compatibility)"},{"name":"Kubernetes (ScyllaDB Operator)"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"GCP"}]` |
| language.primary | - | C++ |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"hqCountry":"IL","primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"web":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":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"Industry-leading performance, 2 Hour P1 support","features":["Fully managed on AWS & GCP","High-throughput low-latency","Vector Search","Auto-scaling storage & compute","SOC2, ISO certifications","99.9% uptime SLA","2 Hour P1 Support response"],"description":"Industry-leading performance for data-intensive apps","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Professional","summary":"Enterprise-grade scalability, 1 Hour P1 support, 24x7","features":["All Standard features","1 Hour P1 Support response","24x7 support","Bring Your Own Account","Multi-region active-active HA/DR","Advanced metrics and logging","Dedicated Slack channel"],"description":"Enterprise-grade scalability & support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"Premium support with 15 minute P1 response, custom deployment","features":["All Professional features","15 minutes P1 Support response","24x7 support","Bring Your Own Encryption Key","Advanced networking (Private Link)","Advanced network compression","Flexible region switching","Dedicated Technical Account Manager"],"description":"Custom security, networking & deployment","contactSales":true}],"summary":"Subscription-based cloud tiers (Standard, Professional, Premium) with usage calculator. Exact pricing not disclosed on public pages.","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.scylladb.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-05T13:26:38.962Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.25,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | 99.9 |
| 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 | yes |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | yes | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/ | - |

## Capabilities (NoSQL Databases)

| Capability | Amazon DynamoDB | ScyllaDB |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Core** |  |  |
| Data model | Document | Wide-column |
| **Query** |  |  |
| Query language | Key API only | CQL |
| **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 | Enforced |
| **Features** |  |  |
| TTL / auto-expiry | ✓ | - |
| Change streams / CDC | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vector / search built-in | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Licensing** |  |  |
| Licence class | Proprietary | Source-available (SSPL/BSL) |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:04:32.914Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*