Comparison

Amazon Aurora vs TiDB

On the evidence we track, TiDB leads this comparison with a composite score of 60/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon Aurora50
TiDB60
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon Aurora50 / 100low · 48%
TiDB60 / 100medium · 61%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Model
Amazon Aurorafreemium
Price level
Amazon Aurora
TiDBlow
Transparent
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Integrations
Count
Amazon Aurora
TiDB4
Security
Disclosure policy
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Fedramp
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Gdpr
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Hipaa
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Pci
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Soc2
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon Aurora99.999
TiDB99.99
Status page
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Market
Availability
Amazon AuroraAvailable worldwide
TiDB

Capabilities

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

Core
SQL model
Amazon AuroraFull SQL
TiDBFull SQL
Transactions
ACID transactions
Amazon AuroraFull
TiDBFull
Highest isolation level
Amazon Aurora-
TiDB-
Consistency
Consistency
Amazon AuroraStrong
TiDB-
Scale
Horizontal scale
Amazon AuroraNatively distributed
TiDBNatively distributed
Replication
Replication
Amazon Aurora-
TiDB-
Availability
Automatic failover / HA
Amazon Aurora
TiDB-
Deployment
Deployment
Amazon AuroraServerless
TiDB-
Serverless / scale-to-zero
Amazon Aurora
TiDB-
Compatibility
Wire compatibility
Amazon AuroraPostgres protocol
TiDBMySQL protocol
Extensibility
Extensions / plugins / UDFs
Amazon Aurora-
TiDB-
Licensing
Licence class
Amazon AuroraProprietary
TiDBPermissive OSS
Data types
JSON / document support
Amazon Aurora-
TiDB-
Geo / spatial
Amazon Aurora-
TiDB-

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

TiDB

Leader

An open-source distributed SQL database trusted by innovators to power transactional, AI, and other modern applications.

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.

TiDB

Leader
HybridFree tier
  • TiDB Cloud StarterFree
  • TiDB Cloud DedicatedContact sales
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon Aurora
TiDB
Self-hosted
Amazon Aurora
TiDB

Integrations

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

Amazon Aurora

Not documented yet.

TiDB

Leader
4 total
  • Cursor
  • JDBC
  • mysql-connector-python
  • MySQL
Independently observed

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