--- title: DynamoDB: When to Move Out? | daily.dev description: Considerations for moving away from DynamoDB include throttling issues, high latencies, item size limits, and limited flexibility within the AWS ecosystem.... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dynamodb-when-to-move-out--kyu8lntul twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: DynamoDB: When to Move Out? | daily.dev og:description: Considerations for moving away from DynamoDB include throttling issues, high latencies, item size limits, and limited flexibility within the AWS ecosystem.... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dynamodb-when-to-move-out--kyu8lntul og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/KyU8lnTUL.png og:image:alt: DynamoDB: When to Move Out? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # DynamoDB: When to Move Out? **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 7 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Considerations for moving away from DynamoDB include throttling issues, high latencies, item size limits, and limited flexibility within the AWS ecosystem. Alternatives such as ScyllaDB should be considered for high throughput and low latency requirements. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#storage](https://daily.dev/tags/storage), [#aws-dynamodb](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-dynamodb), [#scylladb](https://daily.dev/tags/scylladb) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/dynamodb-when-to-move-out--kyu8lntul) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"DynamoDB: When to Move Out?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dynamodb-when-to-move-out--kyu8lntul","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/dynamodb-when-to-move-out--kyu8lntul"},"datePublished":"2024-01-22T15:55:56.776Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:58:27.770Z","description":"Considerations for moving away from DynamoDB include throttling issues, high latencies, item size limits, and limited flexibility within the AWS ecosystem....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ce42c172a20ab197fd0e0265572d2701?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ce42c172a20ab197fd0e0265572d2701?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/dynamodb-when-to-move-out--kyu8lntul","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"aws,database,storage,aws-dynamodb,scylladb","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"DynamoDB: When to Move Out?"}]} ```