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Managed databases · 13 alternatives · Amazon Aurora iScore 68 (#8/14)

Every managed databases provider this site tracks, ordered by iScore — the same peers Amazon Aurora's own score is measured against. The line under each name is where its sourced facts differ from Amazon Aurora's; where a full comparison exists, the row links to it.

Ranked by iScore
  1. SupabaseKind of free offer: Free tier vs Introductory free tier72#1/14
  2. NeonKind of free offer: Free tier vs Introductory free tier69#2/14
  3. AivenKind of free offer: Always free vs Introductory free tier69#3/14
  4. TigerDataKind of free offer: Free tier vs Introductory free tier69#4/14
  5. TursoKind of free offer: Free tier vs Introductory free tier69#5/14
  6. Prisma PostgresKind of free offer: Always free vs Introductory free tier68#6/14
  7. FirebaseKind of free offer: Free tier vs Introductory free tier68#7/14
  8. Amazon RDSEntry paid plan: $0.016 per DB instance-hour on-demand for db.t4g.micro, the smallest DB instance class —…67#9/14
  9. NileKind of free offer: Free tier vs Introductory free tier67#10/14
  10. PlanetScaleEntry paid plan: $5/month for a single-node Postgres database on network-attached storage; PlanetScale Met…67#11/14
  11. Crunchy BridgeEntry paid plan: $9 a month for Hobby-0 — 2 cores, 512 MB, AWS only. Crunchy says the Hobby tier runs on l…67#12/14
  12. ScaleGridKind of free offer: Free trial vs Introductory free tier67#13/14
  13. Neo4jKind of free offer: Free tier vs Introductory free tier64#14/14

Where Amazon Aurora stands against these 13

Amazon Aurora's own sourced figures, placed among the alternatives above that document the same thing in the same unit. A rank here is one criterion, not a verdict; the iScore above weighs all of them.

Free tier
No. 9 of the 12 alternatives that document it have one: Aiven, Firebase, Neo4j, Neon, Nile, Prisma Postgres and 3 more.
When the free offer ends
6 months after the account is opened, or when the credits run out — whichever comes firstJoint highest of the 3 that document it. Level with: Amazon RDS — 6 months from account creation.
Regions
34 AWS regions, the same list for the MySQL- and PostgreSQL-compatible editions4th highest of the 9 that document it. Highest: Firebase — 43 regional locations across North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and…
Uptime SLA
99.99% for a cluster deployed across two or more Availability Zones; 99.9% for a single-AZ cluster3rd highest of the 4 that document it. Highest: Aiven — 99.99% from Startup ($75/month), the entry paid plan, upward.

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