AWS Database Migration Service Customer Reviews 2026

What is AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) is a managed migration and replication service that helps move your database and analytics workloads to AWS quickly, securely, and with minimal downtime and zero data loss. AWS DMS supports migration between 20-plus database and analytics engines, such as Oracle to Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition, MySQL to Amazon Relational Database (RDS) for MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition, MongoDB to Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility), Oracle to Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3).

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AWS Database Migration Service Ratings

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love AWS Database Migration Service?

0% Negative

4% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Migration Execution

89

Data Encryption

87

Data Backup

86

Data Archiving

85

Intelligent Routing

85

Cloud Services Supported

83

Transfer Automation

83

Data Shaping

83

Security Configuration Mapping

82

Testing

82

Multi-Environment Migration

81

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

87

Ease of Implementation

86

Vendor Support

86

Usability and Intuitiveness

85

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Business Value Created

81

Ease of IT Administration

80

Ease of Data Integration

79

Quality of Features

78

Ease of Customization

76

Breadth of Features

75

AWS Database Migration Service Reviews

Ayush Kumar S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Apr 2025

Great for Simple Migrations Tricky for Complex On

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Database Migration Service from other similar products?

AWS DMS is cool because it is easy to use and doesn’t need you to shut down your database during migration. It supports a bunch of database types and handles most of the heavy lifting for you. And it works great with other AWS tools so everything fit together nicely.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite part is how it let you migrate with minimal downtime. You can keep your database running while moving it which make the whole process a lot less disruptive.

What do you dislike most about this product?

What I do not like is that it can be tricky to set up for more complex migrations especially if you dealing with big or highly customized databases. Sometimes troubleshooting issues can take longer as expected.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend testing it on a small migration first to get the hang of it before tackling a big one. And make sure your source and target databases is supported, and keep an eye on performance during migration. If you already in the AWS ecosystem it will work even more smoother.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Abhishek M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Sep 2024

amazing one for cross db migrations

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates AWS Database Migration Service from other similar products?

quick, cheaper and broad range of options

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

live migrations

What do you dislike most about this product?

no option for serverless or on-demand

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

get migrated to aws using dms

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Sahil Y.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

Easy of use. Brilliant for migration. efficient

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates AWS Database Migration Service from other similar products?

Ease of integration with the Databases available on the AWS . No need for any manual intervention from the user apart from the initial configuration. It provides a validation state which compares the data between the Databases in which the migration is implemented and provides accurate data if any discrepancies identified .

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Complete data transfer along with the continuous replication between source and target Databases. Relative speed obtained for the migration process.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The validation for large set of rows can be a bit tideous and the configuration changes when switched to the json editor.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Very useful and beneficial for cloud migration rather then approaching traditional logical backup method. Ease of migrating data between two different db engine's.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Migration Execution Provides tools to deploy in the new environment and to retire resources in the old environment.

Data Encryption Encrypt data in flight, while it's being uploaded/entered, and at rest, after it is uploaded/entered.

Data Backup Includes the creation of duplicate instances to recover from an unplanned data loss. Also, support for high volumes of data processing and data compression.

Data Archiving the ability to archive old or duplicate data

Intelligent Routing Ability to dynamically select the best path or route for migrating data, apps, etc. based on various conditions

Cloud Services Supported support the most common cloud services (Onedrive, Amazon, etc.)

Transfer Automation Converting automations and infrastructure-as-code templates to work on the new cloud platform

Data Shaping Transforming and preparing data to ensure environment compatibility

Security Configuration Mapping Integrating and translating security policies and settings between cloud and on-premises environments.

Testing Logging of test results, in preparation for approval.

Multi-Environment Migration Provides the ability to migrate data between physical, cloud-based, or virtual environments.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

AWS Database Migration Service Reviews

Ayush Kumar S.

Great for Simple Migrations Tricky for Complex On

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Abhishek M.

amazing one for cross db migrations

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sahil Y.

Easy of use. Brilliant for migration. efficient

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Migration Execution

Data Encryption

Data Backup

Data Archiving

Intelligent Routing

Cloud Services Supported

Transfer Automation

Data Shaping

Security Configuration Mapping

Testing

Multi-Environment Migration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Breadth of Features