# Amazon Rds Aurora > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04. - **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-rds-aurora - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-rds-aurora.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/amazon-rds-aurora/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://amazon.com - **Slug:** amazon-rds-aurora - **Categories:** cloud-infrastructure, developer-tools ## Overview - **Tagline:** A cloud-native log-structured storage system that decouples compute and storage, providing 3x to 5x the throughput of standard MySQL/PostgreSQL. Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04 - **Description:** Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database engine compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL, offered as part of the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). It is designed to combine the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases. Aurora features a cloud-native architecture that decouples compute from storage, enabling high performance, durability, and automated scaling. Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04 ## Offerings - **Core capabilities:** - Amazon Aurora (MySQL Compatible) - Amazon Aurora (PostgreSQL Compatible) - Aurora Serverless v2 - Global Database Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04 - **Pricing:** Usage-based (Compute, Storage, I/O) or Subscription (Reserved Instances) Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Enterprise, SaaS providers, FinTech, E-commerce, High-traffic web applications Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04 ## Landscape - **Competitors:** - Google Cloud Spanner - Azure Database for PostgreSQL - CockroachDB - MongoDB Atlas Source: Brand's website (https://amazon.com) · 2026-10-04 Page last updated 2026-10-17.