Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora provides a fully managed relational database service that is compatible with both MySQL and PostgreSQL, allowing applications to use existing drivers and tools without code changes. It runs on Amazon’s cloud infrastructure and handles all underlying hardware, patching, and backup tasks, so developers can focus on application logic rather than database administration.

The service emphasizes high performance and availability, offering up to five times the throughput of standard MySQL and three times that of PostgreSQL, with multi‑region durability designed for 99.999 % uptime. It automatically scales compute and storage to match workload demands, supports a serverless mode for variable traffic, and includes a distributed SQL option for virtually unlimited read/write capacity across regions.

Aurora is aimed at teams building enterprise, SaaS, or globally distributed applications that require reliable, low‑latency data access. It supports migration from existing MySQL or PostgreSQL instances using standard tools and provides compatibility features such as Babelfish for running SQL Server workloads with minimal modification.