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Medium
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Navigating the No-SQL Labyrinth: DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB and Redis | by Tomer Ben David | Medium
March 13, 2024 - This provides a good balance between performance and data organization. However, setting up Cassandra clusters can be more complex compared to DynamoDB’s managed service approach. Imagine Cassandra as a seasoned veteran — strong, reliable, but requiring some upfront investment in strategy. ... MongoDB entered the scene as a breath of fresh air.
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ScyllaDB
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Apache Cassandra vs MongoDB​ | ScyllaDB
March 31, 2026 - Compared to DynamoDB, ScyllaDB achieves 40x lower cost, 4x better latency, and single-digital ms latencies with no external cache. Compared to MongoDB, ScyllaDB achieves 20x higher throughput, 68x lower P99 latencies, 19x better price-performance.
Discussions

MongoDB versus DynamoDB
MongoDB (or DocumentDB, for that matter) is focused on documents. DynamoDB (or Cassandra) is focused on key:value pairs. While you could potentially use either for multiple applications, depending on your use case one or the other may be a better fit. DynamoDB is used quite commonly for a lot of companies - Uber, Lyft, Tinder, Capital One, etc. If you want to learn more about DynamoDB design patterns, this is a fantastic video from a re:Invent session - very dense and engineering focused. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaEPXoXVf2k More on reddit.com
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AWS DynamoDb vs others
Interesting. The columns, at best, only hint at what kind of dev-facing features they offer though. More on reddit.com
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Why is Cassandra considered column-based and DynamoDB key-value?
Cassandra and DynamoDB are both: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-column_store . I think it's a bad name, since it creates confusion with "column stores", i.e. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column-oriented_DBMS , which are not related. I think some confusion comes because in the original Dynamo paper https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/files/amazon-dynamo-sosp2007.pdf it is only a key-value store. But DynamoDB (the AWS offering) is not the same thing as Dynamo the paper. Also remember, just about any database is a key-value store. MySQL fulfills the criteria of a key value store. So does Cassandra. AWS itself describes DynamoDB as a "document store", but that's bad too. They're referencing that it doesn't enforce a schema (which *is* a key difference from Cassandra). However, I think it misses the capability of arbitrary indexes within the document, which is something that Mongo and XML databases do. More on reddit.com
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When would you NOT choose DynamoDB where you'd typically use RDBMS?
I prefer rdmbs when query patterns aren't known ahead of time, when there's lots of relationships between data, and when update patterns of that data would make it cumbersome to maintain denormalized updates in something like dynamo or Cassandra. Big table style databases are great if your data relationships are simple and all well known ahead of data modeling time. Trying to map an rdbms mentality to data modeling in a big table style database will make for a world of hurt. More on reddit.com
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DEV Community
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Comparing Amazon DynamoDB with Other NoSQL Databases: MongoDB and Cassandra - DEV Community
January 27, 2025 - Amazon DynamoDB offers seamless integration with AWS and is perfect for serverless, real-time applications. MongoDB excels in flexibility and complex query capabilities, while Apache Cassandra shines in write-heavy, distributed environments.
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ScyllaDB
scylladb.com › learn › dynamodb › introduction-to-dynamodb › comparison
DynamoDB Comparison | ScyllaDB
January 21, 2025 - Cassandra’s main advantages include constant availability; relatively fast read and write speeds; reliable cross data center replication; linear scalability; Cassandra Query Language which is familiar and SQL-like rather than DynamoDB’s complex API; and generally high performance.
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Yugabyte
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DynamoDB vs MongoDB vs Cassandra for Geo-Distributed Apps
December 11, 2023 - We examine the development, operational and financial consequences of working around the limitations of DynamoDB when attempting to “force-fit” for this use case. Finally, we compare and contrast alternatives such as MongoDB, Apache Cassandra and YugabyteDB, a high-performance, cloud native, distributed SQL database.
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Devathon
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NoSQL: MongoDB vs Cassandra vs Redis vs Memcached vs DynamoDB
February 8, 2021 - ... Cassandra: Supports “Cassandra Query Language” (CQL) with SELECT, DML, and DDL statements similar to SQL ... Cassandra delivers great performance when you need a high “Write” throughput.
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GeeksforGeeks
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Cassandra vs DynamoDB: Best NoSQL Database for 2025 - GeeksforGeeks
July 23, 2025 - It permits a data store that is both scalable and fault-tolerant, having high availability and predictable performance. On the other hand, DynamoDB uses a key-value and document store model as opposed to wide-column stores in Cassandra.
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Leyaa
leyaa.ai › codefly › learn › dynamodb › part-1 › dynamodb-dynamodb-vs-mongodb-vs-cassandra › visualize
DynamoDB vs MongoDB vs Cassandra - Visual Side-by-Side Comparison | Leyaa.ai
DynamoDB is fully managed and fast for key lookups. MongoDB offers flexible schema and complex queries. Cassandra excels at scalability and high write throughput. The execution table shows example queries and performance notes.
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Medium
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NoSQL choices: Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Redis, et | by Alice Dai | Medium
August 23, 2025 - let’s compare Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB, and similar products in a way that makes sense if you’re choosing one for “millions of entries” scale. I’ll break it down into data model, scaling, performance profile, consistency model, and ideal use cases.
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Reddit
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r/developersIndia on Reddit: MongoDb vs AWS DynamoDb vs Cassandra vs other NoSQL Key Value stores
July 26, 2024 - I made a table of comparison between dynamodb, mongodb and others. I feel like it’s pretty important to know this before making a database decision…
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Knowi
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Cassandra vs DynamoDB 2026: Full Comparison With Real Costs
April 22, 2026 - Vector search support in Cassandra 5.0 expands AI/ML use cases. Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed, serverless NoSQL database service from AWS, optimized for low-latency performance and near-infinite scaling.
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IBM
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Apache Cassandra vs. MongoDB
November 17, 2025 - Apache Cassandra is generally categorized as an “AP” database, delivering high performance primarily on availability and partition tolerance. Meanwhile, MongoDB is known as a “CP” database, excelling on the partition tolerance and ...
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ScyllaDB
scylladb.com › learn › mongodb-database › amazon-dynamodb-vs-mongodb
Amazon DynamoDB vs MongoDB | ScyllaDB
March 31, 2026 - DynamoDB is ideal for high-throughput, low-latency needs within the AWS ecosystem · DocumentDB is better suited for users who need managed MongoDB compatibility · MongoDB offers the most flexibility and features for complex applications, but ...
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Analytics Vidhya
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DynamoDB vs. Cassandra: Choosing the Right Database for Your Business
April 17, 2024 - When to Use DynamoDB vs. Cassandra? ... Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced DynamoDB in 2012 as a fully managed NoSQL database service offering fast and predictable performance, along with seamless scalability. Businesses of all sizes widely choose DynamoDB for its renowned features, including low-latency data access, automatic scaling, and built-in security.
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IONOS
ionos.com › digital guide › server › know-how › mongodb vs. dynamodb
Which database is best? A comparison of MongoDB vs. DynamoDB
April 25, 2024 - DynamoDB performs a number of tasks for its users, including all security ac­tiv­i­ties. As part of the AWS cosmos and the IAM model (Identity and Access Man­age­ment), the database is well protected and embedded. There is no direct con­nec­tion to the internet, as requests are first routed through an API gateway. Compared to DynamoDB, the workload when using MongoDB is sig­nif­i­cant­ly higher if you want to ensure the security of your database.
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Medium
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DynamoDB vs MongoDB vs Cassandra for Fast Growing Geo-Distributed Apps | by Karthik Ranganathan | The Distributed SQL Blog | Medium
July 10, 2018 - It is a drop-in replacement for Apache Cassandra and Redis given its protocol-level compatibility with the languages spoken by these databases (PostgreSQL compatibility is currently in beta). As a Consistent and Partition-tolerant (CP) database with native JSONB document data type, high performance secondary indexes, cloud native operational ease and ability to handle high data density, it serves as an excellent alternative to DynamoDB, MongoDB ...
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Airbyte
airbyte.com › data integration platform › data engineering resources › dynamodb vs. mongodb: a comprehensive contrast of nosql giants
DynamoDB vs MongoDB: Finding the Best NoSQL Database for Your Needs | Airbyte
September 11, 2025 - The platform delivers consistent single-digit millisecond latency for items under 4 kilobytes, with the DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) providing microsecond-level caching capabilities for frequently accessed data. Schema design, document structure, and index usage heavily influence performance. Poorly chosen sharding keys or deeply nested documents can slow queries. MongoDB 8.0's performance improvements include reduced majority-write latency via parallel journaling and regression testing that automatically detects micro-optimization losses.
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Upstash
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Serverless Battleground - DynamoDB vs Firestore vs MongoDB vs Cassandra vs Redis vs FaunaDB | Upstash Blog
August 25, 2021 - We built a sample application which compares the performance of leading serverless databases using a common web use case and serverless functions. The databases are DynamoDB, MongoDB (Atlas), Firestore, Cassandra (Datastax Astra), FaunaDB and Redis (Upstash)