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Amazon Aurora

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

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What is Amazon Aurora?

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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Awards & Recognition

Amazon Aurora won the following awards in the Transaction Data Store category

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5 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Contract Negotiation

2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

10 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

2 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2022

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2021

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

Amazon Aurora Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Amazon Aurora?

0% Negative

6% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Includes Product Enhancements
Reliable
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Data Protection and Security

Database Management

High Availability

Data Backup

Data Management

Systems Performance Management

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Distributed Processing

Operations Management

Analytics and Reporting

Data Virtualization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Amazon Aurora Reviews

Lennon W.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2025

Reliable Managed Database Automated Environments

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon Aurora from other similar products?

Aurora combines managed database convenience with strong performance. It feels closer to running a high end database without the usual operational overhead.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The reliability. Automated backups, replication, and scaling work smoothly, which fits well into infrastructure as code and hands-off operations.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost tracking can be tricky. Without careful monitoring, usage based pricing can grow faster than expected in automated setups.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Design automation around scaling and failover early. Aurora works best when monitoring, alerts, and recovery are part of the initial setup.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

Nijat I.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2025

Scalable, fast and stable

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon Aurora from other similar products?

‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ Amazon Aurora is quite prominent in offering a managed database service that is highly scalable and resilient as compared to several traditional ones. Because it is closely integrated with the AWS ecosystem, you can have automated backups, failovers, and scaling with very little manual setup. Its method of isolating storage from compute allows you to deal with a ramp-up of load with less work. In comparison with self-managed databases, it is simply much more difficult to work at ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌scale.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ favorite part is the very small amount of typical maintenance that the system is asking for. Most of the things like backups, patching, and failover are done automatically, so it is possible to have a lot of time free. Even if there is a sudden increase of traffic, the performance remains very stable. Without giving a lot of attention, it is still ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌trustworthy.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ thing that I dislike most about this is the cost, in particular, if you decide to scale up or run multiple instances across different regions. There are some advanced configuration options where you feel a little restricted as compared to self-managed databases. Also, troubleshooting complex performance issues can be a bit of a challenge if you do not want to use additional AWS tools. In general, it has a lot of power but the price can go up very ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌fast.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ would suggest that you figure out your work and costs pretty thoroughly before going all in, as money can be spent very quickly. Ensure that your team is proficient in the AWS environment because most of the advanced features require it. It is quite necessary to carry out the performance test under the real load to know whether Aurora can serve your needs or not. In case of enterprises that are on AWS already, it generally is a safe and seamless ‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌option.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Ale N.

Role: Operations
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon Aurora from other similar products?

Its availability and quality of training are enhanced compared to other similar products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of this product is operations management

What do you dislike most about this product?

No dislike at all

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is a great product especially for those in transaction data store

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Amazon Aurora

What is Amazon Aurora?

Company Details

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

Amazon Aurora Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Amazon Aurora?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Protection and Security Includes data encryption, data audit, and data compliance.

Database Management Supports multiple data types, data structuring, data retrieval, database customization, and multi-user access.

High Availability HA DB designed for near-zero downtown by seamless replication of data between environments for uninterrupted real-time access and fail-over capabilities.

Data Backup Includes the creation of duplicate instances to recover from an unplanned data loss. Also, support for high volumes of data processing and data compression.

Data Management Includes data sharing, data storage, records management, and data security.

Systems Performance Management Includes monitoring, analyzing and configuration in order to optimize performance and increase efficiency.

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment Supports one or many deployment models - On-prem, cloud or hybrid hosting of the database system.

Distributed Processing Data storage and processing is shared among many physical or virtual independents servers or sites for high volume data with seamless access to large datasets.

Operations Management Includes cost control, production management, and performance management.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Data Virtualization Includes ability to create views joining disparate data sources without the need for persistence.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Amazon Aurora Reviews

Lennon W.

Reliable Managed Database Automated Environments

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nijat I.

Scalable, fast and stable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ale N.

Amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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3
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Data Protection and Security

Database Management

High Availability

Data Backup

Data Management

Systems Performance Management

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Distributed Processing

Operations Management

Analytics and Reporting

Data Virtualization

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement