Amazon Aurora vs HSQLDB
Amazon Aurora
aws.amazon.com
HSQLDB
hsqldb.orgSide by side
| Figure | Amazon Aurora | HSQLDB |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $8.33/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 11 |
| Spec score · Relational Databases | 8.1 (#13) | 9.1 (#2) |
| Spec score · Sql Databases | 8.0 (#12) | 9.2 (#1) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.1 (#41) | 8.9 (#13) |
| Founded | 2006 | 2001 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Integrations | Aurora MySQL can invoke AWS Lambda functions and load data from or save data to Amazon S3. | The project documents JDBC and ODBC connectivity and integration with OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice. |
| Product | Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DSQL engines. | HSQLDB is a Java-based relational database engine with in-memory and disk-based tables, supporting embedded and server modes. |
| Support | Customers with an active AWS Premium Support plan can contact AWS for Aurora-specific troubleshooting and guidance. | Support options include a help forum, a user mailing list, bug and feature request trackers, paid SupportWare, and professional commercial support. |
Plans
Amazon Aurora
- Free planFree
- Paid planPrice not published
- Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless Free planFree
- Aurora PostgreSQL and Aurora MySQL On-DemandPrice not published
HSQLDB
- Developer subscription$100 a year
- Basic Corporate subscriptionPrice not published
- Premier Corporate subscription$2,500 a year
- HSQLDBFree
- HSQLDB softwareFree
- Developer SupportWare$100 a year
- SupportWare Developer subscription$100 a year
- Basic Corporate SupportWare$500 a year
- SupportWare Basic Corporate subscription$500 a year
- Premier Corporate SupportWare$2,500 a year
In their own words
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Aurora has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
HSQLDB
HSQLDB is a Java-based relational database engine for embedded or server use, with both in-memory and disk-based tables. It supports SQL:2023 core features and many optional features, plus lock-based and MVCC transaction models; the engine is fully multithreaded. Listed capabilities include JSON constructor functions, CSV loading and unloading, temporal system-versioned tables, row-level access control, and log-based replica synchronization. It includes a command-line SQL tool and simple GUI query tools. The latest official release listed is version 2.7.4, compatible with JDK 8 and above, and packages include Java 11 module jars as well as Java 8 jars for HSQLDB and SQL Tool. HSQLDB is self-hosted, with high availability, read replicas, and JSON data support listed. Its default combined limit for CACHED tables is 8TB, extendable to 256TB with a connection property; each TEXT table is limited to 256GB, and memory tables depend on available memory. The software is free to use in commercial products when license terms are met; its licenses are based on the new BSD License. The HSQLDB plan is free. A Developer subscription is $100 a year; Premier Corporate is $2,500 a year at the base level. Support options include community channels and paid commercial support.