G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Aurora vs. Spark SQL

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

MetricAmazon Aurora

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Spark SQL

by The Apache Software Foundation

Overall rating4.54.6
Review count45646
Ease of use8.99.1
Ease of setup8.89.0
Quality of support8.98.6
Meets requirements9.19.0
NPS65.51724169.565217
Small Business37.7%26.1%
Mid-Market33.8%19.6%
Enterprise28.5%54.3%
Total page views39135
Total LLM citations1,53220

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

Spark SQL

Spark SQL lets you query structured data inside Spark programs, using either SQL or a familiar DataFrame API. Usable in Java, Scala, Python and R.

Pros