G2 Vendor Directory

SimpleDB vs. Amazon Aurora

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

MetricSimpleDB

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Amazon Aurora

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.14.5
Review count51456
Ease of use8.78.9
Ease of setup8.78.8
Quality of support8.88.9
Meets requirements9.29.1
NPS42.85714365.517241
Small Business35.3%37.7%
Mid-Market25.5%33.8%
Enterprise39.2%28.5%
Total page views32391
Total LLM citations21,532

SimpleDB

SimpleDB is a highly available and flexible non-relational data store that offloads the work of database administration.

Pros

  • Innovation
  • Customer Support
  • Cloud Storage
  • Ease of Use
  • Speed
  • Features

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