G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Aurora vs. Percona Server

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

MetricAmazon Aurora

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Percona Server

by Percona

Overall rating4.54.9
Review count45614
Ease of use8.99.6
Ease of setup8.88.4
Quality of support8.98.8
Meets requirements9.19.2
NPS65.517241100
Small Business37.7%42.9%
Mid-Market33.8%42.9%
Enterprise28.5%14.3%
Total page views39154
Total LLM citations1,532124

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

Percona Server

Percona Server for MySQL is a free, fully-compatible, enhanced, open-source drop-in replacement for MySQL. It provides superior performance, scalability, and instrumentation. With over 5,300,000 downloads, Percona Server’s self-tuning algorithms and support for extremely high-performance hardware delivers excellent performance and reliability Percona Server for MySQL delivers enterprise-grade features and higher uptime, along with a number of key benefits that improve database performance and efficiency.

Pros