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Head-to-head · MySQL Hosting

Amazon Aurora vs Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 5 checks side by side
Higher score Amazon Aurora #6 in MySQL Hosting 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Amazon Aurora
Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL #8 in MySQL Hosting 8.6/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Akamai

Amazon Aurora leads on 0 checks, Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreAmazon Aurora · 8.8/10
  • Most featuresAkamai Managed Databases for MySQL · 4 of 4

Amazon Aurora scores higher on our rubric for mysql hosting: 8.8 against 8.6 out of 10; our editors rank them #6 and #8.

Amazon Aurora is the better fit for scalable AWS MySQL-compatible workloads. Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL is the better fit for HA MySQL with flexible scaling.

  • Amazon Aurora fits best

    Scalable AWS MySQL-compatible workloads

  • Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL fits best

    HA MySQL with flexible scaling

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Side by side

Feature Amazon Aurora 8.8/10 Visit ↗ Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 8.8 8.6
Ranking #6 in MySQL Hosting #8 in MySQL Hosting
Best for Scalable AWS MySQL-compatible workloads HA MySQL with flexible scaling
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price — —
Free plan — —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web Web, Linux
Support Email, Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7 Docs · 24/7
Integrations 9 integrations 5 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Aurora 1/4 · Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL 4/4
Automated backups Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Point-in-time restore Not checked yet ✓ (best)
High availability ✓ ✓
Private networking Not checked yet ✓ (best)
Specs
Scaling mode Not checked yet Both
Included storage Not checked yet 25 GB
Our review
Pros
  • Provisioned and serverless options with automatic capacity and storage scaling
  • Up to 15 read replicas plus automatic failover to an Aurora Replica
  • Continuous backups, point-in-time recovery, and multi-Region operation
  • Three-node high availability with replication and automatic failover
  • Point-in-time recovery and automated daily backups
  • Vertical and horizontal scaling with API, CLI, and Grafana support
Cons
  • Paid service with pricing that varies by Region and capacity
  • Costs also vary with storage, I/O, and optional features
  • Backup retention and maximum connections vary by configuration
  • No free plan for evaluating the service
  • Shared plans use shared CPU rather than dedicated CPU
  • Pricing varies by region and cluster node count
Our verdict

Amazon Aurora is a fully managed, cloud-based relational database service from Amazon Web Services. It supports PostgreSQL- and MySQL-compatible relational database engines, along with the Aurora DSQL distributed SQL engine. The service is…

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Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL provides fully managed MySQL clusters on Akamai Cloud, powered by Aiven. It handles deployment, configuration, updates, backups, replication, availability, and scaling for production applications,…

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  1. Amazon AuroraMySQL Hosting 8.8Paid
  2. Akamai Managed Databases for MySQLMySQL Hosting 8.6Paid

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Amazon Aurora — where it wins

    • Provisioned and serverless options with automatic capacity and storage scaling
    • Up to 15 read replicas plus automatic failover to an Aurora Replica
    • Continuous backups, point-in-time recovery, and multi-Region operation

    Where it doesn't

    • Paid service with pricing that varies by Region and capacity
    • Costs also vary with storage, I/O, and optional features
    • Backup retention and maximum connections vary by configuration

  • Akamai Managed Databases for MySQL — where it wins

    • Three-node high availability with replication and automatic failover
    • Point-in-time recovery and automated daily backups
    • Vertical and horizontal scaling with API, CLI, and Grafana support

    Where it doesn't

    • No free plan for evaluating the service
    • Shared plans use shared CPU rather than dedicated CPU
    • Pricing varies by region and cluster node count

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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