We performed a comparison between Amazon Aurora and MySQL based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Relational Databases Tools solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The solution’s scalability is good since we don’t need to take a maintenance window during unpredictable workloads. I like the solution’s behind-the-scenes happenings. It is a great feature."
"Aurora's compatibility with MySQL or PostgreSQL benefited our database management. The migration from on-premise MySQL to Aurora was similar, so we didn't need to change our source code."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon Aurora is SQL standardization, it doesn't have its own syntax which is good. It has a lot of hands-off self-management type of activities, such as log rolling and auto-scaling."
"The most valuable feature is that the maintainability is offloaded to the service provider. I don't have to maintain a database or do any administrative tasks, which comes in handy."
"We had better control over the parameters that we could tweak in terms of intermediate storage and better indexing capabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to do multiple-read and single-write. These are the kinds of features that we were interested in, and Aurora takes care of that natively."
"The provision of custom read and write endpoints eliminates the need for managing a separate proxy load balancer."
"The feature I found most valuable is activity performance."
"While MySQL offers strong basic functionality."
"Table partitioning is most valuable. It is easy to use."
"MySQL's most significant attribute is its capability to create, modify, and maintain databases. This is crucial and advantageous in procedures, such as SOAR. Therefore, all SQL functions are beneficial to any backend developer or developer who requires data storage."
"I am totally satisfied with MySQL."
"It has a lot of features. The RDBMS, consistency, and multi-user features are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of MySQL is its reliability and performance."
"MySQL is a popular database platform for businesses because it is extremely easy to use."
"There is improvement needed to have more developer focus. Additionally, it would be helpful to have a stand-alone solution outside of Amazon. Amazon has a tendency to favor developing web-based clients, which may not always provide the fastest or most responsive solution as desired."
"I would like to see more AI-related features in future releases."
"It would have been helpful if they had provided some benchmarking numbers."
"The product's distributed query process for MySQL needs improvement."
"The pricing could improve. It should be reduced."
"I would like to see performance insights on the database based on the queries. Currently, we use SolarWinds as the monitoring tool. I would like to leverage SolarWinds’ performance insights in AWS services. SolarWinds gives larger insights when we run performance issues."
"It is a bit costly. The features are quite good, and I wouldn't say it requires any technical improvements. But from a cost perspective, some clients wouldn't go for Aurora because of that."
"The GUI could improve to make MySQL better."
"The manuals or documentation could be better."
"The interface could be improved."
"It should have some code analytical functions. It can also have a monitoring tool."
"The solution could have better integration and security features."
"MySQL needs improvements on its diagnostic features."
"It could be a little bit simpler to use."
"When it comes to supporting big data, there is space to improve upon the database engines that are supported by MySQL."
Amazon Aurora is ranked 11th in Relational Databases Tools with 7 reviews while MySQL is ranked 4th in Relational Databases Tools with 142 reviews. Amazon Aurora is rated 7.8, while MySQL is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon Aurora writes "Easy-to-manage platform with a valuable auto-scaling feature ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of MySQL writes "Good beginner base but it should have better support for backups". Amazon Aurora is most compared with SQL Server, Oracle Database, MariaDB, CockroachDB and SAP HANA, whereas MySQL is most compared with Firebird SQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Teradata and Tableau. See our Amazon Aurora vs. MySQL report.
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