# Amazon Aurora vs MariaDB Comparison

| | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Star Rating** | 4.5 out of 5 | 4.4 out of 5 | 
| **Total Reviews** | 457 | 226 | 
| **Largest Market Segment** | Small-Business (38.3% of reviews) | Small-Business (41.3% of reviews) | 
| **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | No pricing available | 

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## Top Pros & Cons

### Amazon Aurora

Pros:
- Scalability (14 reviews)
- Availability (12 reviews)

Cons:
- Expensive (20 reviews)
- AWS Dependency (7 reviews)

### MariaDB

Pros:
- Ease of Use (2 reviews)
- Easy Integrations (2 reviews)

Cons:
- Beginner Unfriendliness (1 reviews)
- Connectivity Issues (1 reviews)

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## Ratings Comparison
| Rating | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
  | **Meets Requirements** | 9.0 (409 reviews) | 8.9 (183 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Use** | 8.7 (411 reviews) | 8.9 (185 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Setup** | 8.6 (259 reviews) | 8.7 (115 reviews) | 
  | **Ease of Admin** | 8.7 (180 reviews) | 8.4 (110 reviews) | 
  | **Quality of Support** | 8.7 (395 reviews) | 7.9 (142 reviews) | 
  | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.7 (177 reviews) | 8.1 (88 reviews) | 
  | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.5 (395 reviews) | 8.9 (176 reviews) | 

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## Pricing

### Amazon Aurora

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

No information available

### MariaDB

#### Entry-Level Pricing

No pricing available

#### Free Trial

Yes

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## Features Comparison By Category

### Relational Databases

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Aurora** | 8.8/10 | 313 |
| **MariaDB** | 8.7/10 | 175 |

#### Management 

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Schema** | 8.7 (209 reviews) | 9.2 (28 reviews) | 
| **Query Language** | 8.6 (210 reviews) | 9.2 (29 reviews) | 
| **ACID - Complaint** | 8.8 (208 reviews) | 8.5 (25 reviews) | 
| **Data Replication** | 8.9 (212 reviews) | 8.5 (23 reviews) | 

#### Support 

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Text Search** | 8.3 (207 reviews) | 8.6 (26 reviews) | 
| **Data Types** | 8.6 (214 reviews) | 8.9 (28 reviews) | 
| **Languages** | 8.4 (206 reviews) | 8.5 (23 reviews) | 
| **Operating Systems** | 8.6 (204 reviews) | 8.9 (22 reviews) | 

#### Security

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Database Locking** | 8.7 (203 reviews) | 8.7 (27 reviews) | 
| **Access Control** | 8.7 (206 reviews) | 8.8 (28 reviews) | 
| **Encryption** | 8.9 (207 reviews) | 8.8 (22 reviews) | 
| **Authentication** | 8.8 (204 reviews) | 8.7 (23 reviews) | 

#### Performance 

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Disaster Recovery** | 8.9 (209 reviews) | 8.3 (21 reviews) | 
| **Data Concurrency** | 8.7 (205 reviews) | 8.6 (22 reviews) | 
| **Workload Management** | 8.8 (203 reviews) | 8.4 (24 reviews) | 
| **Advanced Indexing** | 8.6 (202 reviews) | 8.4 (20 reviews) | 
| **Query Optimizer** | 8.5 (202 reviews) | 8.5 (27 reviews) | 

#### Database Features

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Storage** | 9.1 (296 reviews) | 9.0 (153 reviews) | 
| **Availability** | 9.2 (295 reviews) | 9.1 (156 reviews) | 
| **Stability** | 9.0 (291 reviews) | 9.2 (156 reviews) | 
| **Scalability** | 9.2 (288 reviews) | 8.6 (148 reviews) | 
| **Security** | 9.0 (287 reviews) | 8.6 (150 reviews) | 
| **Data Manipulation** | 8.5 (283 reviews) | 8.7 (150 reviews) | 
| **Query Language** | 8.6 (291 reviews) | 9.0 (154 reviews) | 

### Columnar Databases

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Aurora** | N/A | N/A |
| **MariaDB** | 9.0/10 | 10 |

#### Storage

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Model** | Not enough data | 8.8 (8 reviews) | 
| **Data Types** | Not enough data | 8.9 (9 reviews) | 

#### Availability

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Auto Sharding** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | 
| **Auto Recovery** | Not enough data | 8.8 (7 reviews) | 
| **Data Replication** | Not enough data | 8.6 (6 reviews) | 

#### Performance

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Integrated Cache** | Not enough data | 9.0 (8 reviews) | 

#### Security

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Role-Based Authorization** | Not enough data | 9.4 (8 reviews) | 
| **Authentication** | Not enough data | 9.5 (7 reviews) | 
| **Audit Logs** | Not enough data | 8.6 (7 reviews) | 
| **Encryption** | Not enough data | 9.2 (6 reviews) | 

#### Support

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Multi-Model** | Not enough data | 9.7 (5 reviews) | 
| **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | 8.8 (7 reviews) | 

### AWS Marketplace

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Aurora** | N/A | N/A |
| **MariaDB** | N/A | N/A |

#### Agentic AI - AWS Marketplace

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Autonomous Task Execution** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Multi-step Planning** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 
| **Cross-system Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 

### Database as a Service (DBaaS)

| Product | Score | Reviews |
|---|---|---|
| **Amazon Aurora** | 8.7/10 | 220 |
| **MariaDB** | N/A | N/A |

#### Configuration

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Application Performance** | 8.9 (205 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Orchestration** | 8.6 (191 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Database Monitoring** | 8.6 (203 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Anomaly Detection** | 8.3 (182 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Network Security** | 8.8 (198 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Database Administration

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Provisioning** | 8.7 (197 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Governance** | 8.6 (181 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Auditing** | 8.5 (181 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Availability

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Scalability** | 9.1 (197 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Backup** | 9.1 (195 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Archiving** | 8.8 (188 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Indexing** | 8.7 (188 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Security

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Masking** | 8.7 (133 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Authentication And Single Sign-On** | 8.6 (133 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Data Anonymization** | 8.5 (126 reviews) | Not enough data | 

#### Data Management

| Feature | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Data Replication** | 8.9 (135 reviews) | Not enough data | 
| **Advanced Data Analytics** | 8.5 (125 reviews) | Not enough data | 

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## Categories
**Shared Categories (1):** [Relational Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/relational-databases)

**Unique to Amazon Aurora (1):** [Database as a Service (DBaaS) Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-as-a-service-dbaas)

**Unique to MariaDB (2):** [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases), [AWS Marketplace Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/aws-marketplace)


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## Reviewer Demographics

### By Company Size

| Segment | Amazon Aurora | MariaDB | 
|---|---|---|
| **Small-Business** | 38.3% | 41.3% | 
| **Mid-Market** | 33.3% | 31.7% | 
| **Enterprise** | 28.4% | 27.1% | 

### By Industry

#### Amazon Aurora

- **Information Technology and Services:** 22.9%
- **Computer Software:** 21.3%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 4.9%
- **Financial Services:** 4.2%
- **Education Management:** 3.7%
- **Retail:** 3.5%
- **Banking:** 3.0%
- **Hospital & Health Care:** 2.3%
- **Consulting:** 2.1%
- **Telecommunications:** 2.1%
- **Other:** 30.1%

#### MariaDB

- **Information Technology and Services:** 26.1%
- **Computer Software:** 20.2%
- **Internet:** 5.0%
- **Telecommunications:** 5.0%
- **Computer & Network Security:** 3.7%
- **Education Management:** 3.7%
- **Marketing and Advertising:** 2.8%
- **Computer Networking:** 2.3%
- **Higher Education:** 2.3%
- **Retail:** 1.8%
- **Other:** 27.1%

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## Alternatives

### Alternatives to Amazon Aurora

- [Oracle Database](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (1010 reviews)
- [Google Cloud SQL](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-sql/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (366 reviews)
- [Azure SQL Database](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-sql-database/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (240 reviews)
- [Google Cloud Spanner](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-spanner/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (36 reviews)
- [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (2271 reviews)
- [MongoDB Atlas](https://www.g2.com/products/mongodb-atlas/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (368 reviews)
- [IBM Db2](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (682 reviews)
- [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (618 reviews)
- [MySQL](https://www.g2.com/products/mysql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (1675 reviews)
- [PostgreSQL](https://www.g2.com/products/postgresql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (677 reviews)

### Alternatives to MariaDB

- [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (2271 reviews)
- [MySQL](https://www.g2.com/products/mysql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (1675 reviews)
- [Oracle Database](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (1010 reviews)
- [Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-relational-database-service-rds/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (906 reviews)
- [IBM Db2](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (682 reviews)
- [PostgreSQL](https://www.g2.com/products/postgresql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (677 reviews)
- [SQLite](https://www.g2.com/products/sqlite/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (260 reviews)
- [Google Cloud SQL](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-sql/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (366 reviews)
- [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (618 reviews)
- [OpenText Vertica](https://www.g2.com/products/opentext-vertica/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (216 reviews)

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## Top Discussions

### Amazon Aurora

- Title: [What is Amazon Aurora used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-amazon-aurora-used-for) — 2 comments, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database engine designed for the cloud, compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL. It's used for providing high..."
- Title: [What is Amazon Aurora vs RDS?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-amazon-aurora-vs-rds) — 2 comments
  > **Top comment:** "AWS (Amazon Web Services) offers both Amazon Aurora and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) as database services, however, they have slightly different..."

### MariaDB

- Title: [What is MariaDB used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/mariadb-what-is-mariadb-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "It is a fork of MySQL used for data warehouse, e-com services and usage for similar kind of data manipulation tasks. "
- Title: [Is MariaDB compatible with MySQL?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-mariadb-compatible-with-mysql) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "Yes"
- Title: [What is MariaDB server?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-mariadb-server) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "MariaDB server is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that is compatible with MySQL. I'm pretty sure it was a fork of MySQLs..."
- Title: [What is MariaDB used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-mariadb-used-for) — 1 comment
  > **Top comment:** "It is a relational database that stores data in form of row and column coming as input from a source like application softwares"
- Title: [Improvements in the mechanism of replication](https://www.g2.com/discussions/12584-improvements-in-the-mechanism-of-replication) — 1 comment, 1 upvote
  > **Top comment:** "MarieDB Galera cluster is the way to go https://mariadb.com/kb/en/what-is-mariadb-galera-cluster/"

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