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Amazon Aurora

Composite Score

8.0 /10

CX Score

8.2 /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

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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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.

+93 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 86

High Availability

Database Management

Data Protection and Security

Data Backup

Systems Performance Management

Distributed Processing

Data Management

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

Operations Management

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Amazon Aurora Reviews

Emily M.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2021

Extremely handy

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon Aurora from other similar products?

Adding and removing reader nodes is seamless.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Optimized storage type for intensive I/O operations and low replication delay on reader nodes

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some odd or sub-optimal configuration values with some parameters not changeable

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Amazon Aurora is best suited for creating complex, highly available and commercial databases, in a very straightforward way. The database size should be medium to large

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Role: Vendor Management
Industry: Retail
Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2020

Easy to use and easy to navigate.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Client Friendly Policies

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2020

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

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Amazon Aurora

What is Amazon Aurora?

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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

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing Also referred to as OLTP (Online Transaction processing). OLTP databases include strong support for CRUD operations and ACID compliance.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Emily M.

Extremely handy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Easy to use and easy to navigate.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

High Availability

Database Management

Data Protection and Security

Data Backup

Systems Performance Management

Distributed Processing

Data Management

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

Operations Management

Cloud/On-Prem/Hybrid Deployment

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement