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Compare Amazon Aurora and KX 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (38.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (58.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$0.00
Amazon Aurora
Star Rating
(454)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (38.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon AuroraKX
Star Rating
(51)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (58.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Browse all 3 pricing plansAmazon Aurora vs KX
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon Aurora easier to use and set up. However, KX is easier to administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with KX overall.
- Reviewers felt that Amazon Aurora meets the needs of their business better than KX.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Amazon Aurora and KX provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Aurora over KX.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Aurora
No pricing availableKX
Free
$0.00
Rate-limited plan for quickly and easily getting started with kdb+.
- Fastest query speed
- In-memory compute engine
- Extreme scalability
Free Trial
Amazon Aurora
No trial information availableKX
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
407
8.9
35
Ease of Use
8.7
409
6.7
38
Ease of Setup
8.6
256
8.5
24
Ease of Admin
8.7
179
8.9
14
Quality of Support
8.7
393
8.7
33
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
176
9.0
12
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
393
8.6
42
Features by Category
Management
8.7
210
Not enough data
8.6
211
Not enough data
8.8
209
Not enough data
8.9
212
Not enough data
Support
8.4
208
Not enough data
8.6
215
Not enough data
8.4
207
Not enough data
8.6
205
Not enough data
Security
8.7
204
Not enough data
8.7
206
Not enough data
8.9
207
Not enough data
8.8
205
Not enough data
Performance
8.9
208
Not enough data
8.8
205
Not enough data
8.8
204
Not enough data
8.6
203
Not enough data
8.5
203
Not enough data
Database Features
9.1
295
Not enough data
9.2
293
Not enough data
8.9
292
Not enough data
9.2
287
Not enough data
9.0
287
Not enough data
8.5
284
Not enough data
8.6
291
Not enough data
Storage
Not enough data
8.8
20
Not enough data
9.5
22
Availability
Not enough data
7.9
14
Not enough data
7.6
16
Not enough data
9.0
16
Performance
Not enough data
9.1
17
Security
Not enough data
8.0
15
Not enough data
7.9
18
Not enough data
7.7
14
Not enough data
8.2
16
Support
Not enough data
7.7
11
Not enough data
9.1
16
Data Indexing
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
9.3
10
Filters
Not enough data
8.5
10
Not enough data
9.1
9
Query latency
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.3
9
Data latency
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Connectors
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.0
9
Scale
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.3
10
Architecture
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Configuration
8.9
205
Not enough data
8.6
192
Not enough data
8.6
202
Not enough data
8.3
183
Not enough data
8.8
199
Not enough data
Database Administration
8.7
197
Not enough data
8.6
182
Not enough data
8.5
182
Not enough data
Availability
9.0
198
Not enough data
9.1
196
Not enough data
8.8
189
Not enough data
8.7
189
Not enough data
Security
8.7
134
Not enough data
8.6
134
Not enough data
8.6
127
Not enough data
Data Management
8.9
135
Not enough data
8.5
126
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Aurora and KX share no categories
Unique Categories
Amazon Aurora is categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS) and Relational Databases
KX is categorized as Columnar Databases, Time Series Intelligence, Time Series Databases, Stream Analytics, Real-time Analytic Database, and Vector Database
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Aurora
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
KX
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
22.8%
Computer Software
21.4%
Computer & Network Security
4.9%
Financial Services
4.2%
Education Management
3.7%
Other
43.0%
Financial Services
46.0%
Banking
12.0%
Capital Markets
10.0%
Investment Banking
6.0%
Investment Management
4.0%
Other
22.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
What is Amazon Aurora vs RDS?
2 Comments
AR
AWS (Amazon Web Services) offers both Amazon Aurora and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) as database services, however, they have slightly different...Read more
What is Amazon Aurora used for?
2 Comments
HA
Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database engine designed for the cloud, compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL. It's used for providing high...Read more
Amazon Aurora has no more discussions with answers
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