# Amazon Aurora

> Unparalleled high performance and availability at global scale for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DSQL

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/amazon-aurora
- **Category:** Relational Databases
- **Homepage:** https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/
- **Also known as:** amazon-aurora
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T12:43:40.623Z

## Vioscale score

**62.4 / 100**, confidence 23% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 0 | 6 | 0 | - |
| reliability | 99.9 | 10 | 999.5 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 57.8 | 17 | 982.8 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 8 | 0 | - |
| security_posture | 5 | 18 | 0 | - |
| pricing_transparency | 25 | 8 | 200 | ✓ |

## About

A serverless, relational database service offering zero infrastructure management, zero downtime maintenance, and instant scaling. Provides 6x the throughput of PostgreSQL and MySQL with full compatibility.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** Web
- **Deployment:** Cloud / SaaS

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Relational Databases. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| SQL model | Full SQL |
| **Transactions** | |
| ACID transactions | - |
| Highest isolation level | - |
| **Consistency** | |
| Consistency | - |
| **Scale** | |
| Horizontal scale | Natively distributed |
| **Replication** | |
| Replication | - |
| **Availability** | |
| Automatic failover / HA | ✓ |
| **Deployment** | |
| Deployment | Serverless |
| Serverless / scale-to-zero | ✓ |
| **Compatibility** | |
| Wire compatibility | - |
| **Extensibility** | |
| Extensions / plugins / UDFs | ✓ |
| **Licensing** | |
| Licence class | Proprietary |
| **Data types** | |
| JSON / document support | - |
| Geo / spatial | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/) | 2026-08-03 | 48% (low) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/) | 2026-08-03 | 80% (high) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.999 | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://status.aws.amazon.com) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/.well-known/security.txt) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/amazon-aurora). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*