Product overview — Relational Databases High

Amazon Aurora (Postgres)

AWS flagship Postgres-compatible managed relational database, typically evaluated when teams want a managed Postgres core aligned to AWS infrastructure patterns.

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Freshness & verification

Last updated 2026-02-09 Intel generated 2026-01-14 3 sources linked

Who is this best for?

This is the fastest way to decide whether Amazon Aurora (Postgres) is in the right neighborhood.

Best for
  • AWS-first teams needing managed Postgres-compatible OLTP
  • Organizations with strong operational ownership for databases
  • Teams that want a managed relational baseline aligned with AWS governance patterns
  • Workloads where Postgres compatibility is desired but the team wants to avoid self-managed Postgres operations
Who should avoid
  • Developer workflow demands branching/ephemeral DBs as a core need
  • You need distributed SQL resilience patterns beyond single-region DB assumptions
  • You need predictable costs without ongoing monitoring and governance discipline

Sources & verification

Pricing and behavioral information comes from public documentation and structured research. When information is incomplete or volatile, we prefer to say so rather than guess.

  1. https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/ ↗
  2. https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/ ↗
  3. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/AuroraUserGuide/ ↗