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.
Cloud - Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 27, 2024
Amazon Aurora stands out for its ease of use in a managed environment, inbuilt security, continuous backups, numerous read replicas, multi-region automated replication, and seamless integration with other AWS services.
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.
Staff Software Engineer at Altimetrik (Deployed at FORD)
Feb 7, 2025
The most valuable features of Amazon Aurora include the global instance with the global writer endpoint, which allows failovers and instance switches without requiring changes in my code, thanks to the default global Route 53 endpoint.
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.
Owner at a computer software company with 1-10 employees
Feb 17, 2023
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.
Cloud - Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
Aug 27, 2024
While Amazon Aurora meets your current scaling and storage needs, there is room for improvement in cryptography and scalability compared to other databases.
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.
Staff Software Engineer at Altimetrik (Deployed at FORD)
Feb 7, 2025
In Oracle, tools like Veridata allow for comparing databases and certifying data accuracy, even offering repair capabilities, which are missing in Aurora. There should be a similar comparison tool in Aurora.
Owner at a computer software company with 1-10 employees
Feb 17, 2023
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.
Cloud Data Solutions Architect at a recreational facilities/services company with 10,001+ employees
Mar 17, 2023
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.
