Amazon DynamoDB

Serverless key-value and document database from AWS. A closed product from Amazon Web Services.

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3 alternatives to Amazon DynamoDB
Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
ScyllaDB	Partial	16k	Other	Source available	Yes	C++	scylla-2026.3.2	2026-10-06
Apache Cassandra	Partial	10k	Apache-2.0	Open source	Yes	Java	cassandra-5.0.9	2026-10-05
Aerospike	Partial	1.4k	Other	Open source	Yes	C	8.1.2.5	2026-10-05

Every alternative

3 alternatives

ScyllaDB Partial

NoSQL data store using the Seastar framework, compatible with Apache Cassandra and Amazon DynamoDB

The Alternator API serves DynamoDB requests, without transactions, PartiQL or the on-demand backup calls.

Official migration guide ↗

Language: C++
Licence: Other
Stars: 16k
Latest: scylla-2026.3.2
Last push: 2026-10-06

Apache Cassandra Partial

Open source transactional distributed database. Linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardware or cloud infrastructure without compromising performance.

Partitioned wide-column tables with tunable consistency through CQL, not the DynamoDB API.

Language: Java
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 10k
Latest: cassandra-5.0.9
Last push: 2026-10-05

Aerospike Partial

Aerospike Database Server – flash-optimized, in-memory, nosql database

Key-value and document records sharded and replicated across nodes, through its own clients rather than the DynamoDB API.

Language: C
Licence: Other
Stars: 1.4k
Latest: 8.1.2.5
Last push: 2026-10-05

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About Amazon DynamoDB

Vendor: Amazon Web Services

Amazon DynamoDB website ↗