Amazon Aurora Alternatives

Apps similar to Amazon Aurora include PostgreSQL, which is free and open source. Other options are MySQL Community Edition, Microsoft SQL Server, Triplit and Hydra Postgres Analytics. You can choose from more than 10 Relational Databases like Amazon Aurora for Windows, self-hosting, Linux, the web and Mac.

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  1. PostgreSQL icon
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    PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system with over 35 years of active development that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, feature robustness, and performance.

    80 PostgreSQL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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  2. Free GPL database software for relational and NoSQL applications, combining InnoDB and other pluggable storage engines with replication, group replication, clustering, partitioning, stored procedures, triggers, views, monitoring, connectors, and cross-platform tools.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  3. SQL Server delivers on Microsoft’s Data Platform vision by helping your organization manage your data by enabling you to store data from structured, semi-structured, and unstructured documents within the database.

    69 Microsoft SQL Server alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Triplit icon
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    A full-stack, syncing database that runs on both server and client. Pluggable storage (indexeddb, sqlite, durable objects), syncs over websockets, and works with your favorite framework (React, Solid, Vue, Svelte).

    Cost / License

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  5. Hydra is an open source, column-oriented Postgres. Query billions of rows instantly, no code changes.

    Cost / License

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  6. Spanner is a distributed SQL database management and storage service developed by Google. It provides features such as global transactions, strongly consistent reads, and automatic multi-site replication and failover.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  7. AlloyDB is a fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service with industry-leading performance, availability, and scale. It automates administrative tasks, such as backups, replication, patching, and capacity management, and uses adaptive algorithms and machine learning...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  8. TiDB icon
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    TiDB is an open-source NewSQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional and Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. It's MySQL compatible and can provide horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and high availability.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Citus gives you the Postgres you love, plus the superpower of distributed tables. 100% open source. Now with schema-based sharding in Citus 12.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  10. Oracle Database icon
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    Oracle Database delivers industry leading performance, scalability, security and reliability on a choice of clustered or single-servers running Windows, Linux, and UNIX. It provides comprehensive features to easily manage the most demanding transaction processing, business...

    62 Oracle Database alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. PlanetScale icon
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    The MySQL-compatible serverless database platform.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  12. IBM DB2 icon
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    DB2 offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform from Linux to z/OS. DB2 supports storing XML and relational data and offers SQL PL and PL/SQL procedural languages.

    74 IBM DB2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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