Amazon Aurora vs Oracle MySQL Cloud Service comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #8 with an average rating of 8.3, while Oracle is ranked #11 with an average rating of 8.4. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 3.3% mindshare in SQL, compared to Oracle’s 0.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

Amazon Aurora

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100% willing to recommend

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Amazon Aurora and Oracle MySQL 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

8th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

11th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Open Source Databases (8th)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Amazon Aurora is 3.3%, down from 4.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is 0.2%, 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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Raghuram K M

Chief Technology Officer at Prognosys Medical Systems

Ideal, stable, good support and it helps with the developer console

I have used MongoDB, MySQL, and Oracle. MongoDB is entirely different. It's a NoSQL platform database, so it's totally different. It is a little bit hard to work with. The way it is organized and structured is different. But between Microsoft Azure MySQL and Oracle, they are pretty similar. * Cost: Microsoft is not a preferred platform. Their licensing is very complex and expensive. Oracle is much better. * AI: In terms of data analytics and AI, Microsoft is better. Certain complex transformations are easier to do in MSSQL. So, if you have to analyze data from a lot of different data sources, it becomes much easier. However, the usage of the particular product depends on the project. Personally, I would like to work on MySQL. But in certain cases where the application scale is very large, and custom models from certain regions of the globe prefer Microsoft, then we have to go with MSSQL. But technically, there is not much difference.

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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 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."

"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."

"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."

"One of the standout features of Amazon Aurora is that we do not need to maintain disaster recovery or manage availability zones."

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

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

"One of the most valuable features is storage scaling."

"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."

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"The most valuable feature is the data aggregation function."

"The product is good for tuning."

"MySQL is very stable and works beautifully with large amounts of data."

"MySQL is a centralized RDBMS in itself, and you don't have the overkill of having the full Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server. It's ideal, and it helps with the developer console. It has three versions for developers. It's a very good tool for open source."

"It is very easy to start working with the product."

"It is an established open-source database with a vast array of resources available, ensuring you can learn everything needed."

"The access to a suite of management and administration tools that simplify tasks such as database provisioning, configuration, and monitoring."

"The most valuable aspect of the product is data migration."

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Cons

"There are tuning challenges."

"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."

"The pricing could improve. It should be reduced."

"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 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."

"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."

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

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"The product has many bugs."

"In a production environment, upgrading from a lower to an upper version is a very long process that needs to be improved."

"The tool’s stability must be improved."

"Oracle MySQL Cloud Service's scalability is an area of concern that can be better."

"The solution should offer memory management."

"There could be improvements, particularly in Firebird, where the indexing is limited to just a single B-tree index, leading to poor performance for large-scale queries."

"There could be more courses where the people could learn more easily how to use the tool."

"Sometimes MySQL does upgrades on the server. When we are still using the old server and when they integrate the upgrade, they don't carry along some of the old syntaxes. The versions don't sync."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"It is quite expensive."

"It is an expensive solution."

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

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

"The product is expensive."

"The solution’s paid plans are expensive."

"The product is free since it is an open-source tool."

"It is an open-source product."

"The license is expensive."

"Oracle has a better licensing model compared to its competitors."

"While the core solution itself is not exorbitant, the support services are associated with a significant maintenance fee, often ranging from twenty to thirty percent."

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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?

AWS is costlier than self-managed solutions, but this includes the managed service experience. Their pricing is fair and reflects the managed service and additional features AWS offers.

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What needs improvement with Amazon Aurora?

AWS RDS doesn't provide an option to apply one-off patches, which can be critical for business due to unexpected product bugs. While self-managed systems allow immediate patch application, RDS has ...

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What do you like most about Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service handles data easily.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

I have only used the community edition and do not have experience with the enterprise edition or its pricing.

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What needs improvement with Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?

MySQL is a very good database, and I am generally satisfied with it. There might be minor improvements, however, I can’t identify any particular areas for improvement at the moment.

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Comparisons

SQL Server vs Amazon Aurora

Compared 38% of the time

Oracle Database vs Amazon Aurora

Compared 25% of the time

MariaDB vs Amazon Aurora

Compared 8% of the time

YugabyteDB vs Amazon Aurora

Compared 6% of the time

SAP HANA vs Amazon Aurora

Compared 6% of the time

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MySQL vs Oracle MySQL Cloud Service

Compared 52% of the time

Firebird SQL vs Oracle MySQL Cloud Service

Compared 48% of the time

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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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Oracle MySQL Cloud Service delivers a secure, cost-effective and enterprise-grade MySQL database service. Built on MySQL Enterprise Edition and powered by the Oracle Cloud, it provides a simple, automated, integrated and enterprise ready MySQL cloud service, enabling organizations to increase business agility and reduce costs.

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