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Top Amazon Aurora Alternatives and Competitors

Looking to upgrade or change your solution? Take away the guesswork and stay informed with end user feedback to identify and select the solution that best matches your needs.

Amazon Aurora is a relational database engine that combines the speed and reliability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Amazon Aurora provides unparalleled high-performance and availability at global scale with full MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility. Amazon Aurora provides built-in security, continuous backups, serverless compute, up to 15 read replicas, automated multi-Region replication, and integrations with other AWS services.

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Best Alternatives and Competitors to Amazon Aurora

Compare how Amazon Aurora stacks up to the competition in the areas that matter most to real users to short list options that will best fit your business needs.

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft SQL Server

8.9

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+92

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, Microsoft SQL Server is:

Better at Training

Less Innovative

Less Efficient

Less Transparent

Less Respectful

Less Inspiring

Oracle

Oracle Database

8.8

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+94

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89

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, Oracle Database is:

Easier to Customize

More Caring

Easier to Use

Better at Support

Less Efficient

Less Transparent

Cloudera

Cloudera Operational Database

8.8

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+99

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34

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, Cloudera Operational Database is:

More Caring

Better at Support

More Inspiring

Easier to Use

Easier to Implement

Better at Training

Progress MarkLogic

Progress MarkLogic Data Platform

8.3

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+90

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45

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, Progress MarkLogic Data Platform is:

Worse at Integrating

Worse at Support

Less Inspiring

Harder to Use

Harder to Implement

Less Reliable

IBM

IBM Db2

7.9

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+91

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26

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, IBM Db2 is:

More Inspiring

Less Transparent

Harder to Implement

Worse at Support

Less Innovative

Worse at Training

Microsoft Corporation

Azure Cosmos DB

7.8

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+87

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20

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, Azure Cosmos DB is:

Better at Training

Less Transparent

Less Respectful

Less Efficient

Less Reliable

Worse at Integrating

Redis Labs

Redis Enterprise Software

7.7

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+97

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11

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, Redis Enterprise Software is:

More Inspiring

Better at Training

More Caring

Easier to Customize

Less Reliable

Less Transparent

SAP

SAP HANA Cloud

7.6

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+88

Emotional
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42

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, SAP HANA Cloud is:

Less Transparent

Less Innovative

Less Efficient

Harder to Customize

Harder to Implement

Harder to Use

Neo4J

Neo4j Graph Database

7.5

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+88

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13

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, Neo4j Graph Database is:

Easier to Customize

Less Transparent

Less Respectful

Less Efficient

Less Reliable

Less Caring

IBM

IBM Informix

7.0

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+72

Emotional
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22

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Compared to Amazon Aurora, IBM Informix is:

Less Innovative

Less Inspiring

Less Efficient

Less Reliable

Less Transparent

Worse at Training

Most Popular Amazon Aurora Comparisons