Comparison

Amazon Aurora vs EDB Postgres

On the evidence we track, Amazon Aurora leads this comparison with a composite score of 50/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Amazon Aurora50
EDB Postgres43
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Aurora50 / 100low · 48%
EDB Postgres43 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Model
Amazon Aurorafreemium
EDB Postgrescommercial
Integrations
Count
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres15
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Fedramp
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Gdpr
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Hipaa
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Pci
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Scorecard
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres2.5
Soc2
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Aurora99.999
EDB Postgres99.999
Status page
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Adoption
Dependent repos
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres1
Github stars
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres65
Activity
Commits last 30d
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres0
Release
Cadence days
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres20
History
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres20 items
Language
Primary
Amazon Aurora
EDB PostgresPython
Market
Availability
Amazon AuroraAvailable worldwide
EDB Postgres

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for relational databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
SQL model
Amazon AuroraFull SQL
EDB PostgresFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
Amazon AuroraFull
EDB PostgresFull
Highest isolation level
Amazon Aurora-
EDB PostgresSerializable
Consistency
Consistency
Amazon AuroraStrong
EDB PostgresStrong
Scale
Horizontal scale
Amazon AuroraNatively distributed
EDB PostgresNatively distributed
Replication
Replication
Amazon Aurora-
EDB PostgresAsync
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon AuroraServerless
EDB PostgresSelf-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
Amazon AuroraPostgres protocol
EDB PostgresPostgres protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
Amazon Aurora-
EDB Postgres
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon AuroraProprietary
EDB PostgresPermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
Amazon Aurora-
EDB Postgres
Geo / spatial
Amazon Aurora-
EDB Postgres-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon Aurora

Leader

Aurora is a serverless, relational database service offering zero infrastructure management and instant scaling. It provides 6x the throughput of standard PostgreSQL and MySQL while maintaining full compatibility with both.

Independently observed

EDB Postgres

EDB Postgres combines PostgreSQL with AI-ready infrastructure, analytics capabilities without ETL, and high-availability support across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. The platform provides automatic failover, data migration tools, and enterprise monitoring—designed for mission-critical and data-intensive workloads.

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
CLI
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Self-hosted
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
On-premise
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres
Hybrid
Amazon Aurora
EDB Postgres

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon Aurora

Leader

Not documented yet.

EDB Postgres

15 total
  • JDBC Connectors
  • MongoDB
  • Cassandra
  • Hadoop
  • HBASE
  • MySQL
  • Amazon S3
  • Parquet
  • Apache Spark
  • PEM (Postgres Enterprise Manager)
  • xDB Replication Server
  • EFM (EDB Failover Manager)
  • Backup and Recovery Tool
  • HARP
  • ETCD
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.