Amazon Aurora vs SingleStore Helios
Amazon Aurora
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| Figure | Amazon Aurora | SingleStore Helios |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $0.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 6 |
| Spec score · Ai Databases | 8.1 (#11) | 8.9 (#4) |
| Spec score · Spatial Databases | 8.2 (#13) | 8.7 (#7) |
| Spec score · Distributed SQL Databases | 8.1 (#12) | 8.9 (#5) |
| Spec score · Sql Databases | 8.0 (#12) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.1 (#41) | 9.3 (#3) |
| Availability | AWS says Aurora is designed for up to 99.99% single-Region and 99.999% multi-Region availability. | SingleStore advertises up to a 99.99% uptime SLA for production Helios deployments. |
| Compliance | AWS lists Aurora in compliance programs that include SOC, PCI, FedRAMP, and HIPAA. | SingleStore states that it holds ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type 2 certifications and maintains a privacy-compliance framework. |
| Founded | 2006 | 2011 |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, United States | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Integrations | Aurora MySQL can invoke AWS Lambda functions and load data from or save data to Amazon S3. | Listed integrations include AWS Glue, Apache Beam, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, Azure Data Factory, Azure Event Hubs, Confluent Kafka, Fivetran, Informatica, Qlik, Tableau Prep, dbt, Datadog, New Relic and Terraform. |
| Product | Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DSQL engines. | SingleStore Helios is a cloud database-as-a-service available on leading public clouds. |
| Security | Aurora supports encryption at rest using AWS KMS keys and uses SSL (AES-256) to secure data in transit. | SingleStore describes security across application security, cloud security, corporate IT security, and governance, risk, and compliance. |
| Support | Customers with an active AWS Premium Support plan can contact AWS for Aurora-specific troubleshooting and guidance. | Paid Helios subscriptions include Standard support, with Silver and Platinum tiers offering faster response targets and expanded coverage. |
Plans
Amazon Aurora
- Free planFree
- Paid planPrice not published
- Aurora PostgreSQL Serverless Free planFree
- Aurora PostgreSQL and Aurora MySQL On-DemandPrice not published
SingleStore Helios
- SharedFree
- Standard$0.99 a month
- Enterprise$1.49 a month
- StandardPriced on request
- EnterprisePriced on request
- BYOC StandardPriced on request
In their own words
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Aurora has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
SingleStore Helios
SingleStore Helios is a cloud database service available on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. It handles transactional and analytical workloads in one database, with storage and compute scaled independently. Its data capabilities include relational records, JSON/BSON documents, vector and full-text search, time-series, geospatial, and key-value data. SingleStore Pipelines can ingest from sources such as Kafka, Amazon S3, and HDFS. For AI workloads, the service includes Jupyter notebooks, data integration services, and a compute service. Listed integrations include Datadog, Terraform, Apache Spark, AWS Glue, Azure Data Factory, dbt, and Fivetran. Helios is available through web and API platforms. The free Shared plan provides one workspace for evaluation, development, and non-production testing, with self-support. Standard is $0.99 a month for managed production workloads, with read replicas, database branching, 30-day monitoring, and support. Enterprise is $1.49 a month and adds online point-in-time recovery, Smart Disaster Recovery, audit logging, and customer-managed encryption keys. The listed availability commitments vary by configuration, reaching 99.99% across two availability zones on paid plans.