Amazon Aurora vs DigitalOcean Managed MySQL

Amazon Aurora8.8Visit DigitalOcean Managed MySQL8.7Visit

Higher score Amazon Aurora #6 in MySQL Hosting 8.8/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Amazon Aurora

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DigitalOcean Managed MySQL #7 in MySQL Hosting 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit DigitalOcean

• Amazon Aurora fits best

  Scalable AWS MySQL-compatible workloads

• DigitalOcean Managed MySQL fits best

  Affordable production MySQL clusters

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon Aurora 8.8/10 Visit ↗	DigitalOcean Managed MySQL 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.7
Ranking	#6 in MySQL Hosting	#7 in MySQL Hosting
Best for	Scalable AWS MySQL-compatible workloads	Affordable production MySQL clusters
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	$15.15/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7	Tickets, Live chat, Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS	SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS
Integrations	9 integrations	2 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon Aurora 1/4 · DigitalOcean Managed 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	10 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	Automated backups include seven-day point-in-time recovery. Standby nodes provide automated failover and high availability. Scaling, replicas, VPC networking, and query insights are included.
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	There is no free plan. The service is focused on MySQL rather than multiple database engines. Advanced edition pricing is not shown in the listed plans.
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… Read the review →	DigitalOcean Managed MySQL is a cloud-hosted service for developers, startups, growing businesses, and enterprises that want DigitalOcean to handle MySQL cluster provisioning and maintenance. Clusters can be managed through a web control… Read the review →

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

• DigitalOcean Managed MySQL — where it wins

  • Automated backups include seven-day point-in-time recovery.
  • Standby nodes provide automated failover and high availability.
  • Scaling, replicas, VPC networking, and query insights are included.

  Where it doesn't

  • There is no free plan.
  • The service is focused on MySQL rather than multiple database engines.
  • Advanced edition pricing is not shown in the listed plans.

• Amazon Aurora8.8/10 · Paid

  A scalable managed database for AWS workloads needing replicas, recovery, and global operation.

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• DigitalOcean Managed MySQL8.7/10 · Paid

  A cost-conscious managed MySQL service with production features from $15.15/month.

  Visit DigitalOceanFull verdict →