Compare Aiven for PostgreSQL vs. Amazon Aurora vs. InfluxDB

Experience a fully managed and hosted PostgreSQL solution that delivers exceptional performance along with all the necessary extensions readily available. You can establish your fully managed PostgreSQL instance in under ten minutes, using our web console or through various programming methods such as API, CLI, Terraform provider, or Kubernetes operator. Our standby nodes automatically serve as read replicas, and you have the flexibility to generate additional read replicas across different public clouds and geographic regions, enabling the creation of multi-cloud architectures. With Point-In-Time Recovery, you can restore your data to any moment within your chosen retention timeframe. This fully managed SQL relational database is deployable in the cloud environment of your preference, offering a reputation for reliability, a comprehensive feature set, and outstanding performance. It is suitable for a wide range of applications, including location-based services, critical business solutions, or serving as a general transactional database to meet diverse needs. As a result, it serves as an excellent choice for organizations looking to enhance their data management capabilities effectively.

Amazon Aurora is a cloud-based relational database that is compatible with both MySQL and PostgreSQL, merging the high performance and reliability of traditional enterprise databases with the ease and affordability of open-source solutions. Its performance surpasses that of standard MySQL databases by as much as five times and outpaces standard PostgreSQL databases by three times. Additionally, it offers the security, availability, and dependability synonymous with commercial databases, all at a fraction of the cost—specifically, one-tenth. Fully managed by the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Aurora simplifies operations by automating essential tasks such as hardware provisioning, database configuration, applying patches, and conducting backups. The database boasts a self-healing, fault-tolerant storage system that automatically scales to accommodate up to 64TB for each database instance. Furthermore, Amazon Aurora ensures high performance and availability through features like the provision of up to 15 low-latency read replicas, point-in-time recovery options, continuous backups to Amazon S3, and data replication across three distinct Availability Zones, which enhances data resilience and accessibility. This combination of features makes Amazon Aurora an appealing choice for businesses looking to leverage the cloud for their database needs while maintaining robust performance and security.

InfluxDB is a purpose-built data platform designed to handle all time series data, from users, sensors, applications and infrastructure — seamlessly collecting, storing, visualizing, and turning insight into action. With a library of more than 250 open source Telegraf plugins, importing and monitoring data from any system is easy. InfluxDB empowers developers to build transformative IoT, monitoring and analytics services and applications. InfluxDB’s flexible architecture fits any implementation — whether in the cloud, at the edge or on-premises — and its versatility, accessibility and supporting tools (client libraries, APIs, etc.) make it easy for developers at any level to quickly build applications and services with time series data. Optimized for developer efficiency and productivity, the InfluxDB platform gives builders time to focus on the features and functionalities that give their internal projects value and their applications a competitive edge. To get started, InfluxData offers free training through InfluxDB University.