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Amazon RDS vs Amazon Aurora Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Amazon RDS is a relational database service software designed to help users set up, operate and scale databases such as Amazon Aurora, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and PostgreSQL in the cloud. Users can manage routine database tasks like patching and provisioning, and more.

Built for the cloud, Aurora is a relational database management system that helps businesses manage, migrate and run MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other traditional enterprise databases. It is managed by Amazon RDS, which facilitates hardware provisioning, network patching, data backups, and more.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

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Pricing

Starting from

0.01

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

0.02

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

220

5

4

3

2

1

159

57

4

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
85%
would recommend this app

4.6

16

5

4

3

2

1

10

6

0

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
88%
would recommend this app

Pros

“Configuration and out-of-the-box setups allowed for the rapid testing and then replication and rollout across the business.”
RR

Richard R.

IT Support Analyst

“same applies for reducing storage of the database, you can increase the storage but cannot lower the storage”
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Prateek G.

Senior Software Engineer

“The Blue green deployment is also a really good feature for testing out schema related or major version changes.”
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Prateek G.

Senior Software Engineer

Pros

Not enoughreviews yet

Cons

“It is costly for high performance workloads and complex while setting up in multi AZ deployments.”
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Shashank A.

Intern

“Doing setup become little bit difficult.”
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Ankita K.

Lead Engineer

“The I/O charges are killer.”
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Monica G.

Cloud Engineer

Cons

Not enoughreviews yet

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa month ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review2 years ago

Key features

  • Total features23
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Audit Management
  • Automatic Backup
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Dashboard
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Dictionary Management
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Migration
  • Data Replication
  • Data Retrieval
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Virtualization
  • Database Conversion
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Encryption
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multiple Programming Languages Supported
  • Multitenancy
  • Performance Analysis
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Relational Database Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Secure Data Storage
  • User Management
  • Total features23
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Audit Management
  • Automatic Backup
  • Backup and Recovery
  • Dashboard
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Dictionary Management
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Migration
  • Data Replication
  • Data Retrieval
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Virtualization
  • Database Conversion
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Encryption
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multiple Programming Languages Supported
  • Multitenancy
  • Performance Analysis
  • Performance Monitoring
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Relational Database Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Secure Data Storage
  • User Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations2
  • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
  • AWS Management Console
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon RDS
  • Amazon VPC
  • Total integrations5
  • AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
  • AWS Management Console
  • Amazon Aurora
  • Amazon EC2
  • Amazon RDS
  • Amazon VPC