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Amazon Aurora

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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.

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Awards & Recognition

Amazon Aurora won the following awards in the Transaction Data Store category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

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 Gold Medalist

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

Amazon Aurora Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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90 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+97 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

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Inspires Innovation
Includes Product Enhancements
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 88

High Availability

Database Management

Data Protection and Security

Distributed Processing

Data Backup

Data Management

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

Operations Management

Systems Performance Management

Data Monitoring and Administration

Data Replication

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Amazon Aurora Reviews

Manikanta R.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2024

Amazon Aurora: Redefining Database Performance and

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon Aurora from other similar products?

Amazon Aurora stands out from other database solutions due to its combination of performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. It offers up to five times better performance than standard MySQL databases and three times better than standard PostgreSQL databases, making it ideal for high-performance applications. Additionally, Aurora's ability to automatically scale storage without downtime and its built-in replication across multiple availability zones ensure high availability and reliability. This combination of performance, scalability, and resilience sets Amazon Aurora apart from other similar products in the market.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of Amazon Aurora is its performance and scalability. It offers exceptional performance compared to traditional database solutions like MySQL and PostgreSQL, making it ideal for demanding workloads. Additionally, its ability to automatically scale storage based on demand ensures that applications can handle sudden spikes in traffic without any downtime or performance degradation.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One aspect of Amazon Aurora that could be improved is its pricing complexity. While Aurora offers excellent performance and scalability, navigating its pricing structure, which includes various factors such as instance type, storage usage, and data transfer costs, can be challenging for users. Simplifying and clarifying the pricing model could enhance the user experience.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

When considering Amazon Aurora, prioritize performance evaluation and cost analysis. Plan for high availability, develop a data migration strategy, and implement robust monitoring. Utilize AWS support and stay informed about updates for optimal utilization.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Effective Service

Amir M.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Entertainment
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2024

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Amazon Aurora from other similar products?

Fully Managed DB by AWS, operational management is not required. You can focus on use case implementation. Very fast than standard postgres and MySQL databases

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Scalability, high availability, faster, and distributed fault tolerant storage system.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost is a bit high

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a great fully managed and fast postgres and mysql db option on cloud

Pros

Effective Service
Saves Time
Security Protects
Helps Innovate

Ale N.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2024

Amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Amazon Aurora from other similar products?

Its availability and quality of training are enhanced compared to other similar products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of this product is operations management

What do you dislike most about this product?

No dislike at all

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is a great product especially for those in transaction data store

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Amazon Aurora

What is Amazon Aurora?

Company Details

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Amazon Aurora Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+97 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.

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 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.

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.

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

Data Monitoring and Administration Includes ability to continuously monitored data quality rules, as well as generate alerts to notify data stewards when they need to address an issue.

Data Replication Support for a real-time copy of the database in more than one system to facilitate access to the copy of data from multiple systems without any inconsistencies.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Manikanta R.

Amazon Aurora: Redefining Database Performance and

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Amir M.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ale N.

Amazing product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

High Availability

Database Management

Data Protection and Security

Distributed Processing

Data Backup

Data Management

High Speed & Online Transaction Processing

Operations Management

Systems Performance Management

Data Monitoring and Administration

Data Replication

Vendor Capability Ratings

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement