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Amazon Aurora

Overview

What is Amazon Aurora?

Amazon Aurora is a global-scale relational database service built for the cloud with full MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility.

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Recent Reviews

Amazon RDS Aurora.

9 out of 10
September 25, 2023
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Amazon aurora was used for audit purposes. The main purpose was to audit IoT device activities performed by end user. All the information …
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AWS Aurora Review

8 out of 10
September 22, 2023
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In our organization, we leverage Amazon Aurora as a critical component of our database infrastructure. Aurora is a high-performance, fully …
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Cost effective

9 out of 10
September 19, 2023
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  • Primarily use it in our core payments platform given that we need strong ACID properties but we’re looking to transition to dynamodb soon …
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Popular Features

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  • Automated backups (25)
    9.4
    94%
  • Database scalability (26)
    9.4
    94%
  • Automatic software patching (26)
    8.9
    89%
  • Monitoring and metrics (25)
    8.7
    87%

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Employee in Information Technology
Industrial Automation Company, 51-200 employees
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Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
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Features

Database-as-a-Service

Database as a Service (DBaaS) software, sometimes referred to as cloud database software, is the delivery of database services ocer the Internet as a service

9.1
Avg 8.7
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Service Offering Details

What is Amazon Aurora?

Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud, built to combine the performance and availability of enterprise databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. The vendor states Amazon Aurora is up to 5X faster than MySQL databases and 3X faster than PostgreSQL databases, and that it provides the security, availability, and reliability of commercial databases at 1/10th the cost.

Amazon Aurora features a distributed, fault-tolerant, self-healing storage system that auto-scales up to 64TB per database instance. It delivers performance and availability with up to 15 low-latency read replicas, point-in-time recovery, continuous backup to Amazon S3, and replication across three Availability Zones (AZs).

The vendor invites readers to learn more details on how they designed Amazon Aurora, from AWS CTO, Werner Vogels.

Amazon Aurora Screenshots

Screenshot of A look inside the RDS console.

Amazon Aurora Videos

How to create a first database cluster on Amazon Aurora.
What's new in Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora Supported Products

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Amazon Aurora Availability

GeographyNAMER, EMEA, APAC, LATAM
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, Chinese, Korean, Japanese

Frequently Asked Questions

Amazon Aurora is a global-scale relational database service built for the cloud with full MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility.

Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, and PostgreSQL are common alternatives for Amazon Aurora.

Reviewers rate Database scalability and Automated backups highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of Amazon Aurora are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Reviews

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September 25, 2023

Amazon RDS Aurora.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Industrial Automation Company, 51-200 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
83.33333333333334%
8.3
Automatic software patching
80%
8.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
80%
8.0
Monitoring and metrics
60%
6.0
Automatic host deployment
80%
8.0
September 22, 2023

Great, intuitive and a must have with larger businesses

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
95%
9.5
Automatic software patching
100%
10.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
100%
10.0
Monitoring and metrics
80%
8.0
Automatic host deployment
90%
9.0
September 22, 2023

AWS Aurora Review

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 11-50 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Automatic software patching
90%
9.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
90%
9.0
Monitoring and metrics
100%
10.0
Automatic host deployment
100%
10.0
September 22, 2023

Great resource for product that requires great scalability with high availability

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Computer Software Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
75%
7.5
Automatic software patching
50%
5.0
Database scalability
90%
9.0
Automated backups
90%
9.0
Database security provisions
50%
5.0
Monitoring and metrics
80%
8.0
Automatic host deployment
90%
9.0
September 22, 2023

Excellent low maintenance and self administration qualities with Amazon Aurora DB.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Oil & Energy Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
88.33333333333334%
8.8
Automatic software patching
100%
10.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
80%
8.0
Database security provisions
80%
8.0
Monitoring and metrics
90%
9.0
Automatic host deployment
80%
8.0
September 21, 2023

Amazon Aurora: Empowering Scalability and Performance for Modern Database Management.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 51-200 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
26.666666666666664%
2.7
Automatic software patching
80%
8.0
Database scalability
80%
8.0
Automated backups
N/A
N/A
Database security provisions
N/A
N/A
Monitoring and metrics
N/A
N/A
Automatic host deployment
N/A
N/A
September 19, 2023

Aurora Serverless is the perfect database as a service in scalability if you do not want headaches or waste time managing databases.

Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Newspapers Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
91.66666666666666%
9.2
Automatic software patching
90%
9.0
Database scalability
90%
9.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
90%
9.0
Monitoring and metrics
90%
9.0
Automatic host deployment
90%
9.0
September 19, 2023

Best Serverless computing platform.

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
75%
7.5
Automatic software patching
90%
9.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
90%
9.0
Database security provisions
N/A
N/A
Monitoring and metrics
80%
8.0
Automatic host deployment
90%
9.0
September 19, 2023

Cost effective

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 501-1000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
88.33333333333334%
8.8
Automatic software patching
100%
10.0
Database scalability
80%
8.0
Automated backups
90%
9.0
Database security provisions
80%
8.0
Monitoring and metrics
90%
9.0
Automatic host deployment
90%
9.0
September 19, 2023

Amazon Aurora - what an excellent solution for Database problems

Iván García | TrustRadius Reviewer
Iván García
Consultant
Datum, S.A. (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
100%
10.0
Automatic software patching
100%
10.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
100%
10.0
Monitoring and metrics
100%
10.0
Automatic host deployment
100%
10.0
September 19, 2023

Migrating your databases to Amazon Aurora to reduce Storage Costs

Judy L. Berglund | TrustRadius Reviewer
Judy L. Berglund
Sr Systems Engineer
Dell EMC (Architecture & Planning, 10,001+ employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
91.66666666666666%
9.2
Automatic software patching
80%
8.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
100%
10.0
Monitoring and metrics
90%
9.0
Automatic host deployment
80%
8.0
September 19, 2023

Even better than Amazon RDS

Verified User
Contributor in Research & Development
Biotechnology Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Automatic software patching
100%
10.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
100%
10.0
Monitoring and metrics
80%
8.0
Automatic host deployment
100%
10.0
September 18, 2023

Amazing Amazon Aurora

Verified User
Employee in Customer Service
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Automatic software patching
100%
10.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
100%
10.0
Monitoring and metrics
90%
9.0
Automatic host deployment
90%
9.0
August 21, 2023

Unveiling Amazon Aurora: Empowering High-Performance Data Management in the Cloud

Manthan Dhola | TrustRadius Reviewer
Manthan Dhola
Solutions Architect
BIDAYA TECH (Computer Software, 11-50 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
90%
9.0
Automatic software patching
100%
10.0
Database scalability
70%
7.0
Automated backups
90%
9.0
Database security provisions
100%
10.0
Monitoring and metrics
80%
8.0
Automatic host deployment
100%
10.0
June 28, 2023

It is an amazing service!

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
90%
9.0
Automatic software patching
100%
10.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
100%
10.0
Monitoring and metrics
60%
6.0
Automatic host deployment
80%
8.0
June 27, 2023

Best performance, at a cost

Ed Mandret | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ed Mandret
Platform Engineer
Codurance Ltd (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
93.33333333333334%
9.3
Automatic software patching
80%
8.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
80%
8.0
Monitoring and metrics
100%
10.0
Automatic host deployment
100%
10.0
June 27, 2023

Exceeds expectation when using Amazon Aurora

Avantika Sikand | TrustRadius Reviewer
Avantika Sikand
Cloud Engineer
Oracle (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees)
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Amazon Aurora Feature Ratings
Database-as-a-Service (6)
98.33333333333334%
9.8
Automatic software patching
100%
10.0
Database scalability
100%
10.0
Automated backups
100%
10.0
Database security provisions
90%
9.0
Monitoring and metrics
100%
10.0
Automatic host deployment
100%
10.0
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