Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora

By: AWS

Amazon Aurora is a cloud based database which is compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL database management systems. The main feature of the Aurora platform is that it offers all the necessary comfort of a professional and commercially viable database, but it costs only one-tenth the price of an industry grade database.

Based on 22 Votes
Top Amazon Aurora Alternatives
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Firebird
  • ApexSQL
  • Google Cloud SQL
  • Apache Drill
  • Apache Derby
  • PrestoDB
  • Apache Calcite
  • Teradata Database
  • Lovefield
  • IBM Informix
  • SQLizer
  • CockroachDB
  • Tadabase
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Top Amazon Aurora Alternatives and Overview

1

MySQL

By: Oracle
Based on 105 Votes
2

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is a database system that combines the SQL code with functions that lets users handle even bigger queries and store more sophisticated data safely.

By: PostgreSQL
Based on 24 Votes
3

Firebird

By: Firebird Foundation
Based on 10 Votes
4

ApexSQL

ApexSQL is a world-class relational database software that creates some of the most advanced tools and provides innovative solutions for SQL (Structured Query Language) servers.

By: Apexsql
Based on 6 Votes
5

Google Cloud SQL

By: Google
Based on 16 Votes
6

Apache Drill

By: The Apache Software Foundation
Based on 4 Votes
7

Apache Derby

By: The Apache Software Foundation
Based on 10 Votes
8

PrestoDB

It helps in querying various data sources like AWS S3, MySQL, Hadoop, etc...

By: Facebook
Based on 1 Vote
9

Apache Calcite

It uses a relation to access one piece of data from another...

By: The Apache Software Foundation
Based on 1 Vote
10

Teradata Database

It was developed by Teradata, which is a software company...

By: Teradata
Based on 23 Votes
11

Lovefield

It is a relational database...

By: Google
Based on 13 Votes
12

IBM Informix

By: IBM
Based on 24 Votes
13

SQLizer

By: SQLizer.io
Based on 1 Vote
14

CockroachDB

By: Cockroach Labs
Based on 1 Vote
15

Tadabase

By: Tadabase
Based on 4 Votes

Amazon Aurora Review and Overview

Why choose Aurora? - Amazon’s Aurora database is extremely efficient and has been tested to be upto five times faster and smoother than the traditional databases which are running on the MySQL platform, and three times faster than the usual PostgreSQL database management databases. The entire database of Aurora is managed by Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), which ensures that the users are always given topmost priority. The RDS looks after tasks such as administration, backing up of data, patching and other time consuming activities, which puts the users at ease of mind.

Users can make use of the RDS management console if they wish to migrate to Aurora from their usual MySQL and PostgreSQL management databases. With an advanced self healing technology based storage system that offers upto 64TB per database instance, Aurora users can be assured that their data is in the right hands. They are also using the most commercially viable and economical database, which is focused on providing them with the best technological support that money can buy.

Why would we need a high performance database? – While Amazon’s Aurora database is much cheaper than the conventional commercial databases available in the market, the advantage of a fully managed database service coupled with an improved reliability cannot be simply ignored. Moreover, companies that use SaaS (Software as a Service) applications tend to require high flexibility and reliability in the background, without continuously wondering about the limits of the underlying database, which is offered by Aurora. 

Web and mobile based gaming applications, which are developed to operate at huge scales, have high demands and often require additional room for development in future. In such cases, the Aurora database is a perfect platform that allows these gaming companies to operate on their own usage patterns. The fact that Aurora does not have any form of licensing constraints placed upon it is an added bonus.

Conclusion - The Company has an ever increasing list of large scale companies and corporations such as Dow Jones, the United Nations, Verizon, Nielsen and many more, who use its platform. One can see that the services of Amazon Aurora are sought after by the very best in the business. It is cheaper, faster, stronger and hence more efficient than the conventional databases that are out there in the market.

Company Information

Company Name: AWS

Founded in: 2006