# Best practices for DynamoDB table design
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General design principles in Amazon DynamoDB recommend that you keep the number of tables you use to a minimum. In the majority of cases, we recommend that you consider using a single table. However if a single or small number of tables are not viable, these guidelines may be of use.
+ The per account limit cannot be increased above 10,000 tables per account. If your application requires more tables, plan for distributing the tables across multiple accounts. For more information see [ service, account, and table quotas in Amazon DynamoDB.](ServiceQuotas.html#limits-tables) 
+ Consider control plane limits for concurrent control plane operations that might impact your table management.
+ Work with AWS solution architects to validate your design patterns for multi-tenant designs.