Compare data store characteristics

Your team is architecting a new social media application that will handle different types of data: user profiles, posts, comments, media files, and real-time notifications. Each data type has different characteristics in terms of structure, access patterns, and scalability requirements. Understanding the key differences between the AWS data stores covered in this course will help you make the right choice for each use case.

Which characteristic is the PRIMARY differentiator between DynamoDB and Amazon S3 when choosing a data store for your application?