Comparison

Amazon Aurora vs MySQL

On the evidence we track, MySQL leads this comparison with a composite score of 56/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Amazon Aurora full profile →MySQL full profile →

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Amazon Aurora50

★MySQL56

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	Amazon Aurora	MySQLLeader
Vioscale score	50 / 100low · 48%	56 / 100medium · 51%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	-	low
Transparentpricing.transparent	-	✗
Security
Disclosure policysecurity.disclosure_policy	✓	-
Fedrampsecurity.fedramp	✓	-
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Pcisecurity.pci	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.6
Vulnerabilitiessecurity.vulnerabilities	-	Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=mysql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0
Reliability
Sla pctreliability.sla_pct	99.999	-
Status pagereliability.status_page	✓	-
Adoption
Dependent reposadoption.dependent_repos	-	664
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	12,407
Stackoverflow questionsadoption.stackoverflow_questions	-	230,000
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	2
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	90
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	GPL-2.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	C++
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide	Available worldwide
Content
Faqcontent.faq	-	8 items

Score

Vioscale score

Amazon Aurora50 / 100low · 48%

MySQL56 / 100medium · 51%

Pricing

Free tier

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL✓

Model

Amazon Aurorafreemium

MySQLcommercial

Price level

Amazon Aurora–

MySQLlow

Transparent

Amazon Aurora–

MySQL✗

Security

Disclosure policy

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL–

Fedramp

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL–

Gdpr

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL–

Hipaa

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL–

Pci

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL–

Scorecard

Amazon Aurora–

MySQL4.6

Vulnerabilities

Amazon Aurora–

MySQLCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=homebrew&package_name=mysql&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0

Reliability

Sla pct

Amazon Aurora99.999

MySQL–

Status page

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL–

Adoption

Dependent repos

Amazon Aurora–

MySQL664

Github stars

Amazon Aurora–

MySQL12,407

Stackoverflow questions

Amazon Aurora–

MySQL230,000

Activity

Commits last 30d

Amazon Aurora–

MySQL2

Release

Cadence days

Amazon Aurora–

MySQL90

License

Spdx

Amazon Aurora–

MySQLGPL-2.0

Language

Primary

Amazon Aurora–

MySQLC++

Market

Availability

Amazon AuroraAvailable worldwide

MySQLAvailable worldwide

Content

Faq

Amazon Aurora–

MySQL8 items

Capabilities

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

Capability comparison for Relational Databases
Capability	Amazon Aurora	MySQL
Core
SQL model	Full SQL	Full SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions	Full	Full
Highest isolation level	-	Serializable
Consistency
Consistency	Strong	Strong
Scale
Horizontal scale	Natively distributed	Natively distributed
Replication
Replication	-	Async
Availability
Automatic failover / HA	✓	✓
Deployment
Deployment	Serverless	Self-hosted
Serverless / scale-to-zero	✓	✓
Compatibility
Wire compatibility	Postgres protocol	MySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs	-	✓
Licensing
Licence class	Proprietary	Copyleft
Data types
JSON / document support	-	✓
Geo / spatial	-	-

Core

SQL model

Amazon AuroraFull SQL

MySQLFull SQL

Transactions

ACID transactions

Amazon AuroraFull

MySQLFull

Highest isolation level

Amazon Aurora-

MySQLSerializable

Consistency

Amazon AuroraStrong

MySQLStrong

Scale

Horizontal scale

Amazon AuroraNatively distributed

MySQLNatively distributed

Replication

Amazon Aurora-

MySQLAsync

Availability

Automatic failover / HA

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL✓

Deployment

Amazon AuroraServerless

MySQLSelf-hosted

Serverless / scale-to-zero

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL✓

Compatibility

Wire compatibility

Amazon AuroraPostgres protocol

MySQLMySQL protocol

Extensibility

Extensions / plugins / UDFs

Amazon Aurora-

MySQL✓

Licensing

Licence class

Amazon AuroraProprietary

MySQLCopyleft

Data types

JSON / document support

Amazon Aurora-

MySQL✓

Geo / spatial

Amazon Aurora-

MySQL-

What each one is

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

Amazon Aurora

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

MySQL

Leader

MySQL is an open-source SQL database management system that serves as the foundation for many web-based applications and cloud services. Available in both a free community edition and a commercial enterprise edition with advanced features and professional support.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon Aurora

Pricing not documented yet.

MySQL

Leader

Open sourceFree tier

Community edition free; Enterprise/Standard/Classic editions require contacting sales

MySQL Community ServerFree
MySQL Enterprise EditionContact sales
MySQL Standard EditionContact sales
MySQL Classic EditionContact sales

as of 2026-07-08verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	Amazon Aurora	MySQL
WebPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✓
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

Amazon Aurora✓

MySQL✓

Self-hosted

Amazon Aurora✗

MySQL✓

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