"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."
"It is a typical database solution, and it is working well so far. It is easy to use, and it is also very common and popular, which makes it easy to find a support partner."
"I've been using SQL Server for 20 years, and there is nothing that it can't do. It is awesome."
"The most valuable feature of SQL Server is the performance."
"It is easy to use and very stable."
"It's great that the database engine is always on."
"Stability and usability, which is quite simple, are two of the solution's most valuable features."
"The security and vulnerability management are well-managed through the vendor."
"It is easy to deploy and easy to maintain."
"It is a bit costly. The features are quite good, and I wouldn't say it requires any technical improvements. But from a cost perspective, some clients wouldn't go for Aurora because of that."
"The backup capacity needs to be bigger."
"Performance could be improved. There could be more support to PHP-based websites and to providing direct plugins for connections, and the related services or application services could be improved."
"You do need to have technical knowledge in order to install the solution. It's not something a layperson can do."
"There should be more security updates for the product."
"I would like to have the option to use fewer processors for certain tasks, thus reducing the licensing fee."
"It would be nice if they can reduce its price."
"The configuration process can be a little complex."
"I would like to see better integration between their link server and other platforms, such as IBM."
Amazon Aurora is ranked 10th in Relational Databases Tools with 1 review while SQL Server is ranked 1st in Relational Databases Tools with 167 reviews. Amazon Aurora is rated 9.0, while SQL Server is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Amazon Aurora writes "Provides maintainability that is offloaded to the service provider and comes with disaster recovery feasibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SQL Server writes "Good performance, well-priced, trivial to set up, and helpful support". Amazon Aurora is most compared with MariaDB, Oracle Database, Citus Data, IBM Db2 Database and Oracle Database Cloud Service, whereas SQL Server is most compared with SAP HANA, Oracle Database, LocalDB, MariaDB and SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise.
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