Why Teams Are Ditching DynamoDB

July 16, 2025

This content originally appeared on HackerNoon and was authored by ScyllaDB

Teams are leaving DynamoDB due to rising costs, latency issues, and AWS lock-in. ScyllaDB offers a DynamoDB-compatible API, lower latency, reduced costs, and multi-cloud flexibility. Case studies from Yieldmo, Digital Turbine, and a global streaming service show how ScyllaDB enables massive scale with fewer trade-offs and minimal migration effort.

This content originally appeared on HackerNoon and was authored by ScyllaDB

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