[ Amazon ... Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-aurora/reviews) [ Amazon ... Reviews ](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-aurora/reviews) # Amazon Aurora Features ##### ## Database Features (7) Storage Availability Stability Scalability Security Data Manipulation Query Language Show More ##### ## Configuration (5) Application Performance Functions when integrated with multiple forms of external applications. Orchestration Allows admisistrators to manage and organize storage, networks, and datacenters. Database Monitoring Monitors performance and statistics related to memory, caches and connections. Anomaly Detection Alerts users when unauthorized parties or malware is detected allowing administrators to remedy the issue. Network Security Secures data at rest and in transit from unauthorized access. Show More ##### ## Database Administration (3) Provisioning Allows administrators to organize components of the database to maintain instance efficiency. Governance Allows the creating and relinquishing of database access credentials. Auditing Documents access and alterations of the database for analytics and reporting. Show More ##### ## Availability (4) Scalability Expands functionality while maintaining balanced loads. Serves growing demand without reducing functionality. Backup The abillity to restore files to its original loacation or alternative sources on-demand. Archiving Stores historical records of information for reverting or reference. Indexing Helps users navigate databases by labeling and organizing datasets. Show More ##### ## Security (7) Data Masking Data masking provides an additional layer of access control that can be applied to tables and views. Authentication And Single Sign-On Verifies identity of database users. Data Anonymization Allows users to gain statistically valid insights from their data while protecting the privacy of individuals. Database Locking Prevents other users and applications from accessing data while it is being updated to avoid data loss or update. Access Control Allows permissions to be granted or revoked in the database, schema or table levels. Encryption Built-in native encryption with enterprise key management. Authentication Provides multi-factor authentication with certificates. Show More ##### ## Data Management (2) Data Replication Helps in improving the availability of data. Advanced Data Analytics Uses machine learning algorithms to gain actionable insights. Show More ##### ## Support (4) Text Search Provides support for international character sets and full text search. Data Types Supports multiple data types like primitive, structured, document etc. Languages Supports multiple procedural programming languages like PL/PGSQL, Perl, Python etc. Operating Systems Available on multiple operating systems like Linux, Windows, MacOS etc. Show More ##### ## Performance (5) Disaster Recovery Provides data recovery functionality to protect and restore data in a database. Data Concurrency Allows multi-version concurrency control. Workload Management Handles workloads, from single machines to data warehouses or web services with many concurrent users. Advanced Indexing Allows users to quickly retrieve data through various types of indexing like B-tree, hash table etc. Query Optimizer Helps interpret SQL queries and determine the fastest method of execution. Show More ##### ## Management (4) Data Schema Data is organized as a set of tables with columns and rows like a table structure. Query Language Allows users to create, update and retrieve data in a database. ACID - Complaint Adheres to ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability), a set of database transaction properties. Data Replication Provides log-based or/and trigger-based replication. 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