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."
"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 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."
"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 provision of custom read and write endpoints eliminates the need for managing a separate proxy load balancer."
"We had better control over the parameters that we could tweak in terms of intermediate storage and better indexing capabilities."
"The connectivity with PHP is quite good."
"The solution is great for small applications in particular."
"MySQL is easy and convenient for me. I don't need to rely on anyone. I can write the code and extract the information. It is fast if you know how to use it. The solution is not expensive, and most of the developers know how to use it. It is easy to create tables. The solution is stable and has good performance. The connection with AWS gives regular updates, which is manual otherwise and a nightmare."
"I like the JSON stuff."
"The initial setup for the SQL database is not complex and it even integrates into the platform. You set up the recipe and then just follow the runbook, the build book. Then it works as long as you follow the procedures."
"We use the basic features of MySQL. The interface that allows us to see the parameters of the server is good."
"The initial setup was easy. I work in an agile way, which means coding and deploying quickly."
"MySQL gives us a very user-friendly workspace in which to query the database."
"I would like to see more AI-related features in future releases."
"The product's distributed query process for MySQL needs improvement."
"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."
"The pricing could improve. It should be reduced."
"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."
"It would have been helpful if they had provided some benchmarking numbers."
"It should provide better customer experiences."
"We want to continue using MySQL but it merged with Oracle and the scalage changed."
"It could be a little bit simpler to use."
"The user interface could be more user friendly. Mainly because most of the times we see black and white digital lines. Something like Python."
"MySQL could introduce more indexing strategies."
"Stability needs improvement and the backup needs to be enhanced."
"This solution needs to be improved when it comes to working with desktop applications on the developer side."
"It does not stand out regarding scalability. When the company size increases, the user base having actual experience with (very) large MySQL solutions is reduced."
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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