Amazon Aurora vs Oracle Multitenant comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Oracle are both solutions in the Relational Databases Tools category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.5, while Oracle is ranked #13 with an average rating of 9.0. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 2.8% mindshare in SQL, compared to Oracle’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 4, 2025

Oracle Multitenant and Amazon Aurora are competing database solutions in the enterprise arena. Amazon Aurora appears to have the upper hand with its superior scalability and performance efficiency.

Features: Oracle Multitenant offers advanced consolidation, efficient storage management, and rapid provisioning. It supports multiple databases seamlessly and allows resource management dynamically. Amazon Aurora delivers high availability, automatic scaling, and fault tolerance, leveraging its unique architecture for improved reliability and performance.

Room for Improvement: Oracle Multitenant can enhance its cloud integration and simplify on-premises management. Additionally, the complexity of pluggable database configurations can be streamlined. Pricing transparency could be improved. Amazon Aurora's areas for improvement include enhancing offline support and providing more detailed logging and auditing features. There is potential for improving cross-region data transfer efficiency.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Oracle Multitenant provides versatile deployment options both on-premise and in the cloud with strong support services for a personalized experience. Amazon Aurora offers a swift, fully managed deployment tailored for AWS, facilitating straightforward cloud integration.

Pricing and ROI: Oracle Multitenant offers competitive long-term savings, especially for enterprises using existing Oracle infrastructure, but involves higher initial setup costs. Amazon Aurora benefits from AWS's flexible pricing, providing cost-effective scalability and lower setup expenses, presenting better value for businesses seeking rapid cloud scaling.

To learn more, read our detailed Amazon Aurora vs. Oracle Multitenant Report (Updated: September 2025).

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Aurora

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

7th

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Oracle Multitenant

Ranking in Relational Databases Tools

13th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Amazon Aurora is 2.8%, down from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Multitenant is 0.8%, up from 0.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Relational Databases Tools Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon Aurora	2.8%
Oracle Multitenant	0.8%
Other	96.4%

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Adnan Shafiq

Associate Vice President - Database Management (Principal Solutions Architect) at Northbay

High availability and geographical redundancy ensure reliable performance and cost efficiency

Amazon Aurora provides up to fifteen to sixteen read replicas. It replicates data across multiple Availability Zones, ensuring high availability and geographical redundancy, which can be considered a GR instead of a DR. As a managed service, maintenance tasks like backup and restore are handled by AWS, saving my organization significant time and money. Additionally, its fast cloning feature allows us to create a new clone from a large database swiftly, similar to a zero-copy cloning feature in Snowflake. This makes Amazon Aurora a compelling choice for my organization.

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Saikat Nag

Oracle Application Database Administrator at RP Sanjiv Goenka Group

Manages extensive utility billing applications efficiently with trusted performance and robust support

Currently, I have a very good experience with Oracle Multitenant. The pluggable database is easy to handle and manage, sharing resources efficiently. However, Oracle license pricing is an issue due to its high cost. Our organization is compelled to reduce CPU usage by seventy CPUs because the Oracle license cost depends on it.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"One of the most valuable features is storage scaling."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon Aurora is SQL standardization, it doesn't have its own syntax which is good. It has a lot of hands-off self-management type of activities, such as log rolling and auto-scaling."

"The solution’s scalability is good since we don’t need to take a maintenance window during unpredictable workloads. I like the solution’s behind-the-scenes happenings. It is a great feature."

"Aurora's features that I find the most beneficial include its database backup strategy, performance options, and input-output operations."

"Aurora's compatibility with MySQL or PostgreSQL benefited our database management. The migration from on-premise MySQL to Aurora was similar, so we didn't need to change our source code."

"The most valuable features of Amazon Aurora include the global instance with the global writer endpoint, which allows failovers and instance switches without requiring changes in my code, thanks to the default global Route 53 endpoint."

"The most valuable feature is that the maintainability is offloaded to the service provider. I don't have to maintain a database or do any administrative tasks, which comes in handy."

"My overall experience with Amazon Aurora is very positive. I rate it ten out of ten for its reliability and efficiency."

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"You can scale the solution as needed."

"It's easy to use and works great."

"Maintaining databases is a valuable feature for us."

"The feature that I like on Multitenant is the ease - it is very easy for my team to run the database."

"The best thing about Oracle Multitenant is its ability to consolidate multiple databases into one engine."

"It is quite stable. We have not faced any kind of instability in the database."

"The most valuable features are the speed and ease of use."

"The stability of Oracle Multitenant is excellent, and I would rate it a nine out of ten."

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Cons

"There is improvement needed to have more developer focus. Additionally, it would be helpful to have a stand-alone solution outside of Amazon. Amazon has a tendency to favor developing web-based clients, which may not always provide the fastest or most responsive solution as desired."

"There are tuning challenges."

"Amazon Aurora should upgrade its base PostgreSQL versions more frequently and offer all PostgreSQL extensions."

"While Amazon Aurora meets your current scaling and storage needs, there is room for improvement in cryptography and scalability compared to other databases."

"In Oracle, tools like Veridata allow for comparing databases and certifying data accuracy, even offering repair capabilities, which are missing in Aurora. There should be a similar comparison tool in Aurora."

"I would like to see more AI-related features in future releases."

"I don't use Amazon Aurora's global database feature; I just use the local feature."

"I would like to see performance insights on the database based on the queries. Currently, we use SolarWinds as the monitoring tool. I would like to leverage SolarWinds’ performance insights in AWS services. SolarWinds gives larger insights when we run performance issues."

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"The solution lacks a GUI for commands."

"While the product is overall excellent, it is quite expensive."

"It would be beneficial to include this solution with Oracle Enterprise, but Oracle charges additional fees for it."

"There are many functions where changes are not easy to implement, and we try to avoid modifying these areas due to security issues and the complexity of maintaining them."

"This solution is a bit complicated when collecting from containers - that feature should be a bit better."

"It can be complicated to scale up the solution, but it's scalable."

"Technical support could be faster."

"The user interface for this solution can be made better."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The tool’s pricing depends on the instance type. For cost optimization purposes, we use the result instance category."

"It is quite expensive."

"I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, with ten being expensive."

"There is no need to buy a license for the product. We can pay as per the use case."

"The price could be lower compared to its competitors."

"It is an expensive solution."

"This solution is a little bit pricey."

"The price is worth the quality."

"For me, I will go with it if I have the budget. Some features are nicer than before, but at the end of the day, you always have a limited budget. I prefer to upgrade and get a specific hardware when possible. At the end, you will have to make a compromise. You will not get everything you would have liked to have."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

24%

Computer Software Company

16%

Government

Retailer

Financial Services Firm

24%

Healthcare Company

Insurance Company

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	13

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	8

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Aurora?

Aurora's compatibility with MySQL or PostgreSQL benefited our database management. The migration from on-premise MySQL to Aurora was similar, so we didn't need to change our source code.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Aurora?

The pricing for Amazon Aurora is different from DocumentDB because DocumentDB is cheaper. However, when you manage the administration more closely, you can control costs better with Amazon Aurora. ...

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What needs improvement with Amazon Aurora?

I would like to see some tutorials from Amazon for Aurora because I'm too new to it. I believe Amazon can make more tutorials for the product since there's a lot of reading required, and a short tu...

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What do you like most about Oracle Multitenant?

The best thing about Oracle Multitenant is its ability to consolidate multiple databases into one engine.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Multitenant?

Oracle's licensing costs are very high. Due to the increased license costs, we migrated from Oracle hardware like SuperCluster and MiniCluster to HPE Nutanix to manage costs while continuing to use...

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What needs improvement with Oracle Multitenant?

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Comparisons

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Compared 7% of the time

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Overview

Amazon Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud, that combines the performance and availability of traditional enterprise databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases.

Amazon Aurora is up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases. It provides the security, availability, and reliability of commercial databases at 1/10th the cost. Amazon Aurora is fully managed by Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), which automates time-consuming administration tasks like hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups.

Amazon Aurora features a distributed, fault-tolerant, self-healing storage system that auto-scales up to 64TB per database instance. It delivers high performance and availability with up to 15 low-latency read replicas, point-in-time recovery, continuous backup to Amazon S3, and replication across three Availability Zones (AZs).

Visit the Amazon RDS Management Console to create your first Aurora database instance and start migrating your MySQL and PostgreSQL databases.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Oracle Multitenant - an Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition option – introduces a new architecture that enables customers to easily consolidate multiple databases, without changing their applications. This new architecture delivers all the benefits of managing many databases as one, yet retains the isolation and resource prioritization of separate databases. In addition, Oracle Multitenant enables rapid provisioning and upgrades, and fully complements other options including Oracle Real Application Clusters and Active Data Guard.

For more information on Oracle Multitenant, visit Oracle.com

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