Amazon Aurora vs ClickHouse Cloud
Amazon Aurora
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ClickHouse Cloud
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| Figure | Amazon Aurora | ClickHouse Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $25.30/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 3 |
| Spec score · Ai Databases | 8.1 (#11) | 9.2 (#2) |
| Spec score · Spatial Databases | 8.2 (#13) | 9.2 (#2) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.1 (#41) | 9.0 (#8) |
| Compliance | AWS lists Aurora in compliance programs that include SOC, PCI, FedRAMP, and HIPAA. | The Trust Center lists CCPA, EU-US Data Privacy Framework, GDPR, HIPAA, ISO/IEC 27001, PCI DSS and SOC 2 Type 2. |
| Founded | 2006 | 2021 |
| Free plan | No | No |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States | San Francisco Bay Area, California; Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Integrations | Aurora MySQL can invoke AWS Lambda functions and load data from or save data to Amazon S3. | Listed ecosystem integrations include Grafana, Kafka, AWS S3, Metabase, Deepnote, dbt, Vector, MySQL, Superset, Airbyte and Tableau. |
| Intended workloads | AWS identifies enterprise applications, multi-tenant SaaS, and globally distributed applications as Aurora use cases. | The pricing page describes Basic for testing and starter projects, Scale for production and data at scale, and Enterprise for very large or enterprise use cases. |
| Operations | Aurora uses the Amazon RDS console, CLI commands, and API operations for tasks such as provisioning, patching, backup, and recovery. | The service handles provisioning, right-sizing, rebalancing, patches, and upgrades behind the scenes. |
| Product | Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DSQL engines. | ClickHouse Cloud is a fully managed service for real-time analytics, observability, and AI-powered data applications, with sub-second query performance at any scale. |
| Security | Aurora supports encryption at rest using AWS KMS keys and uses SSL (AES-256) to secure data in transit. | The Cloud page lists access controls, encryption in transit and at rest, activity logging, and SOC 2 Type II compliance. |
| Support | Customers with an active AWS Premium Support plan can contact AWS for Aurora-specific troubleshooting and guidance. | Cloud subscriptions include support services; the support page lists unlimited support cases and 24x7 support for Severity 1 issues for monthly pay-as-you-go or annual customers. |
Plans
Amazon Aurora
- Free planFree
- Paid planPrice not published
- Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless Free planFree
- Aurora PostgreSQL and Aurora MySQL On-DemandPrice not published
ClickHouse Cloud
- Basic$25.30 a month
- Enterprise$25.30 a month
- Scale$25.30 a month
In their own words
Amazon Aurora
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ClickHouse Cloud
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