G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Aurora vs. CockroachDB

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAmazon Aurora

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

CockroachDB

by Cockroach Labs

Overall rating4.54.3
Review count45629
Ease of use8.99.0
Ease of setup8.89.2
Quality of support8.99.2
Meets requirements9.18.9
NPS65.51724155.555556
Small Business37.7%55.2%
Mid-Market33.8%34.5%
Enterprise28.5%10.3%
Total page views391429
Total LLM citations1,5323,436

Amazon Aurora

Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service that combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. Compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL, Aurora delivers up to five times the throughput of standard MySQL databases and up to three times that of standard PostgreSQL databases. It is designed for high availability, offering up to 99.99% availability within a single region and up to 99.999% across multiple regions.

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
  • Availability
  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • High Availability

CockroachDB

Overview Cockroach Labs is the creator of CockroachDB, the cloud-native, resilient, distributed SQL database enterprises worldwide trust to run mission-critical AI and other applications that scale fast, avert and survive disaster, and thrive everywhere. It runs on the Big 3 clouds, on prem, and in hybrid configurations powering Fortune 500, Forbes Global 2000, and Inc.

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Database Management
  • Performance
  • Ease of Use
  • High Availability
  • Flexibility