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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90 Likeliness to Recommend
100 Plan to Renew
80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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+96 Net Emotional Footprint
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Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
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AWS Database Migration Service Reviews
Awolu S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2025
DMS: Reliable Migration Tool
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What differentiates AWS Database Migration Service from other similar products?
AWS Database Migration Service enables fast and secure database migrations to AWS, keeping the source database fully functional throughout the process and minimizing downtime for dependent applications.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The concept of migrating a database from on-premises infrastructure to the cloud.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Implementing CDC (Change Data Capture) with DMS can be challenging and requires in-depth understanding. It often involves manually adding details to JSON configurations, which can become cumbersome and error-prone. And sometimes service stops, but the task works and we don't know it stop working.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Start with a clear migration plan and thoroughly assess your source and target database compatibility. Be prepared to invest time in understanding advanced features like CDC and JSON-based configurations. Leverage AWS documentation and consider a pilot migration first to identify any potential issues early.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
Ayush Kumar S.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Banking
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Apr 2025
Great for Simple Migrations Tricky for Complex On
Likeliness to Recommend
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