---
title: "Relational Databases on AWS: Comparing RDS and Aurora"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/relational-databases-on-aws-comparing-rds-and-aurora-lrmifvnfh
source_url: https://dev.to/aws-builders/relational-databases-on-aws-comparing-rds-and-aurora-581f
type: article
source: "AWS Builders"
published: 2024-04-23T23:50:10.060Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:19:01.209Z
tags: ["aws", "aurora", "aws-rds"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 1
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Relational Databases on AWS: Comparing RDS and Aurora

**[AWS Builders](https://daily.dev/sources/aws-builders)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Comparison of Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora, two managed relational database services on AWS. Covers key features, pricing, backup and restore capabilities, high availability options, performance and scalability, and best practices for running relational databases on AWS.

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