Amazon Aurora vs. Google Cloud Spanner
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Amazon Aurora | Google Cloud Spanner |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.5 | 4.2 |
| Review count | 456 | 36 |
| Ease of use | 8.9 | 8.2 |
| Ease of setup | 8.8 | 8.4 |
| Quality of support | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Meets requirements | 9.1 | 8.9 |
| NPS | 65.517241 | 32.258065 |
| Small Business | 37.7% | 27.8% |
| Mid-Market | 33.8% | 25.0% |
| Enterprise | 28.5% | 47.2% |
| Total page views | 391 | 174 |
| Total LLM citations | 1,532 | 538 |
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.
- Scalability
- Ease of Use
- Availability
- Performance
- Reliability
- High Availability
Google Cloud Spanner
The first horizontally scalable, strongly consistent, relational database service