Amazon Aurora Review
August 31, 2023
Amazon Aurora Review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Aurora
We use Amazon Aurora as our primary database used for hosting our Edtech SaaS Platform GIDE.AI
- Transactional Queries
- Storage Scale Up
- Higher Performance
- Compatibility with Mysql
- Super Easy Cluster Mode setup
- On the fly DB Vertical Scaling could be useful
- Connection Display & stats can be present to see and improve app design
- High velocity of product development
- Super easy to manage CMS. Cheap man power cost.
- Quick learning curve, improves resource productivity
- Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Amazon Athena
Aurora vs Athena: Aurora provided MySQL/Postgres/MariaDB as DB engine whereas Athena provides SQL interface over data stored in S3 as datalake. Aurora has high performance compared to Athena.
Aurora vs Redshift:- Different Architectures. Redshift is faster as its engine is a modified version of Postgres and stores data column wise vs Aurora DB stores data Row wise.
Aurora vs Redshift:- Different Architectures. Redshift is faster as its engine is a modified version of Postgres and stores data column wise vs Aurora DB stores data Row wise.
Do you think Amazon Aurora delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Amazon Aurora's feature set?
Yes
Did Amazon Aurora live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Amazon Aurora go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Amazon Aurora again?
Yes