Amazon Aurora vs Oracle Database Cloud Service comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #10 with an average rating of 8.2, while Oracle is ranked #15 with an average rating of 8.4. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 3.6% mindshare in SQL, compared to Oracle’s 0.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Amazon Aurora

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Oracle Database Cloud Service

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon Aurora and Oracle Database Cloud Service 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.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Aurora

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

10th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Database Cloud Service

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

15th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Amazon Aurora is 3.6%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Database Cloud Service is 0.4%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Rajitha Jatothu

Aws Devops Engineer at LTIMindtree

Achieve high performance with fault-tolerant and highly available database management

Aurora is a key pillar for us, offering performance and availability. It is faster than RDS and supports multi-region clusters and scalability. One feature we value is Aurora's ability to provide a reader endpoint, allowing applications to connect without tracking replicas. It supports auto-scaling and offers several options for monitoring and optimizing database performance. Aurora's fault tolerance and ability to handle multiple replicas contribute to its reliability and high performance.

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Ajeet-Sachan

Architect at Sony Pictures Entertainment

Self-maintenance features reduce downtime and improve efficiency but enterprise edition limits can be restrictive

The availability of different editions within Oracle Database Cloud Service could be improved. The model divides their standard edition versus enterprise editions into two categories and limits the standard edition on a particular configuration set. This limitation, such as the thirty-two vCPU limit, should be removed. Another area for improvement is the affordability of the enterprise version.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The provision of custom read and write endpoints eliminates the need for managing a separate proxy load balancer."

"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."

"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 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 is a key pillar for us, offering performance and availability."

"We had better control over the parameters that we could tweak in terms of intermediate storage and better indexing capabilities."

"Aurora's features that I find the most beneficial include its database backup strategy, performance options, and input-output operations."

"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."

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"The self-maintenance features, auto maintenance, cleanup, and backup are the most valuable aspects of Oracle Database Cloud Service."

"The product’s most valuable feature is affordable pricing compared to other providers."

"What I like best about Oracle Database Cloud Service is its nice performance. My company doesn't have any problems with the service. The technical support for it is also good. My company is satisfied with Oracle Database Cloud Service. I also like the availability of the service. It's a trustworthy service. I didn't experience any downtime from it. My company also has additional features included in the contract, such as WAP, which makes operations easier. My team can implement all the architecture with the features and services that Oracle Database Cloud Service offers. Technically, this is a very, very, good product or database, whether on-premises or on the cloud."

"Security is the most valuable feature provided by the product."

"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database Cloud Service is its cloud capabilities."

"Oracle DCS's most valuable features are its high availability and scalability."

"I am impressed with the product's partitioning and advanced data card."

"Data storage is the most valuable feature of Oracle Database Cloud Service."

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Cons

"I would like to see more AI-related features in future releases."

"Room for improvement might be in the UI, integrations, or data working capabilities for better user experience."

"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."

"The product's distributed query process for MySQL needs improvement."

"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 would have been helpful if they had provided some benchmarking numbers."

"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."

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"Oracle Database Cloud Service could improve by adding some cross-region replication features."

"The pricing must be improved."

"Oracle Database Cloud Service is a good engine and at the moment, there isn't any new feature I can think of that I'd like added to the service. The only problem I see in Oracle Database Cloud Service is it's more commercial, so it has a relation to how it deals with customers. I don't feel secure in a deal with Oracle because that team changes the conditions each year, and there's no representative from the team that talks to my company about new needs. Oracle needs to improve its relationship with customers and partners in general."

"Oracle should work on the solution's compatibility issues with the operating system."

"We encountered connection failures for some of our sites."

"It would be nice to have a data dictionary reporting feature in the solution."

"The availability of different editions within Oracle Database Cloud Service could be improved."

"We're actually going through licensing issues and are looking to perhaps changing to another solution, something that is perhaps open-source."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is an expensive solution."

"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, with ten being expensive."

"It is quite expensive."

"The price could be lower compared to its competitors."

"There is no need to buy a license for the product. We can pay as per the use case."

"The tool’s pricing depends on the instance type. For cost optimization purposes, we use the result instance category."

"The product has reasonable pricing. I rate its pricing a nine out of ten."

"Pricing for Oracle Database Cloud Service could be more competitive. Lately, pricing for it has been increasing, so my company may have to review different options to find a solution with competitive pricing. From what I know, there's no additional cost apart from the standard licensing fees for Oracle Database Cloud Service."

"Price is always higher for all Oracle products."

"The tool is not cheap."

"Every year we are increasing the price of the solution. There is hardware licensing available. We pay approximately $20,000 monthly to use the solution."

"I think the program is rather expensive, so I would like to see it becoming more affordable."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

28%

Computer Software Company

14%

Government

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Aurora?

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.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Aurora?

The price of Aurora is generally reasonable. It fluctuates based on performance levels and usage, yet maintains a good balance with our operational demands.

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What needs improvement with Amazon Aurora?

Currently, I am unsure what aspects of Aurora require improvement. The solution meets our needs in terms of high availability, durability, and backups. However, room for improvement might be in the...

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What do you like most about Oracle Database Cloud Service?

Security is the most valuable feature provided by the product.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Database Cloud Service?

The user interface of the database could be like SQL Developer on-premise. The scripts are not persistent in the cloud, and the export of the data is not quite like on-prem. There is room for impro...

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What is your primary use case for Oracle Database Cloud Service?

We use it as a backend database for the web application in Apex.

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Overview

Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud, that combines the performance and availability of traditional enterprise databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases.

Amazon Aurora is up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases. It provides the security, availability, and reliability of commercial databases at 1/10th the cost. Amazon Aurora is fully managed by Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), which automates time-consuming administration tasks like hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups.

Amazon Aurora features a distributed, fault-tolerant, self-healing storage system that auto-scales up to 64TB per database instance. It delivers high performance and availability with up to 15 low-latency read replicas, point-in-time recovery, continuous backup to Amazon S3, and replication across three Availability Zones (AZs).

Visit the Amazon RDS Management Console to create your first Aurora database instance and start migrating your MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.

Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Service (Exadata Service) delivers the world's best Cloud Database Platform by combining the world's #1 database with Exadata, the most powerful database platform, and adding all the simplicity and cost effectiveness of the public cloud.

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