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Relational database management system for MySQL & PostgreSQL

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Last updated: August 2025

Amazon Aurora overview

What is Amazon Aurora?

Aurora is a relational database management system that helps businesses manage, migrate and run MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other traditional enterprise databases in the cloud. The platform is managed by Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), which facilitates hardware provisioning, application patching, automated backup, cluster replication, and more across the database.

Aurora Serverless lets businesses automatically adjust scalability, performance, availability zones, and storage requirements according to commercial databases running on the platform. With Amazon VPC, administrators can configure a virtual private network to launch AWS resources and secure and control applications using cryptographic keys in AWS Key Management Service (KMS). It also ensures recovery from physical storage failures by storing data replicas in multiple availability zones and creating backups of codes, drivers, applications, and other information in Amazon S3.

Aurora provides enterprises with Amazon Global Database, letting them manage distributed applications, low-latency reads, and disaster recovery during outages. IT Teams can utilize Amazon CloudWatch to gain insights into performance of hybrid, on-premises, and AWS applications.

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Amazon Aurora reviews

Overall rating

4.6

/5

16

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Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.62/10
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Pros
“Keep the data, and this is a good thing, and this is one of its best features, and some programs are not safe, but this program very safe and very easy to use and retrieve my information is easy.”
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Ahmed A.

Freelancer and senior Accountant

“The reliability, speed, and ease of scaling that Aurora offers are unmatched at their price. RDS was great when we started out, but with our software's growth, moving to Aurora was an easy decision.”

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“The best part of Aurora is that it is managed, which makes everything easier for setting up. The data is encrypted which helps the data to be secured completely.”
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Munir S.

Sales Representative

Cons
“One bad thing that developers have limited control over the underlying infrastructure and configuration.”

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“It's not user-friendly which makes it difficult to use at the beginning.”
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Munir S.

Sales Representative

“The interfaces are all identical, we didn't have to change any code at all (except for one thing -- see below), and once we cut over, it just worked.”

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Who uses Amazon Aurora?

Based on 16 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Computer Software
Information Technology and Services
Banking
Consumer Goods
Others

Use cases

Database
Data Management
RDBMS

Amazon Aurora's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Amazon Aurora users:

Backup and recovery
Data storage management
Data replication
Performance analysis
Access controls/permissions
Data migration

All Amazon Aurora features

Features rating:

Data capture and transfer
Data dictionary management
Data import/export
Database conversion
Multiple programming languages supported
Secure data storage
Role-Based permissions
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & statistics
Relational database management
Real-Time monitoring
Performance management
Patch management
OLAP
Monitoring
Mobile access
Disaster recovery
Automatic backup
Audit management
Application management
API
Activity dashboard

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Amazon Aurora pricing

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User opinions about Amazon Aurora price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Amazon Aurora's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Keep the data, and this is a good thing, and this is one of its best features, and some programs are not safe, but this program very safe and very easy to use and retrieve my information is easy.”
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Ahmed A.

Freelancer and senior Accountant

“The reliability, speed, and ease of scaling that Aurora offers are unmatched at their price. RDS was great when we started out, but with our software's growth, moving to Aurora was an easy decision.”

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Amazon Aurora integrations (40)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 16 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Amazon Aurora integrations and how users feel about them.

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Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Amazon Aurora support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Phone Support
Email/Help Desk
Knowledge Base
FAQs/Forum
24/7 (Live rep)

Training options

Webinars
In Person
Documentation
Live Online

Amazon Aurora FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Amazon Aurora?

Amazon Aurora has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business

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Q. What languages does Amazon Aurora support?

Amazon Aurora supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Amazon Aurora offer an API?

No, Amazon Aurora does not have an API available.


Q. What level of support does Amazon Aurora offer?

Amazon Aurora offers the following support options:
Phone Support, Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, FAQs/Forum, 24/7 (Live rep)

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