CockroachDB vs. Amazon Aurora: Comparing Distributed Relational Databases

There are many relational cloud databases on the market today, and it can be challenging to evaluate all of your options confidently. This session provides an in-depth comparison of CockroachDB and Amazon Aurora, including variants like Aurora Limitless. Join as the Cockroach Labs team highlights CockroachDB’s distributed architecture, its resilience and enabling data locality across regions, and its ability to provide true elasticity and global scalability for transactional applications, whether they are deployed in the cloud or on-premises. In addition, we cover how Amazon Aurora handles scalability, focusing on its single-writer model, the complexities of multi-region deployments, and the implications for applications that require global scale and deployment flexibility. Finally, we explore real-world workloads to provide a comprehensive overview of how CockroachDB and Aurora perform under various scenarios. The session also includes insights on: - The unique value propositions of CockroachDB and Amazon Aurora - Key differences in scalability, resilience and data placement between CockroachDB and Aurora’s variants - Deployment flexibility, vendor lock-in, and how each can support you in your cloud journey CockroachDB vs. Amazon Aurora: Comparing Distributed Relational Databases 00:00 Introduction 03:57 About CockroachDB on AWS 05:12 Data Infrastructure Challenges 07:20 AWS databases compared 11:55 Amazon Aurora basic architecture 15:00 Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless explained 21:18 Aurora DSQL explained 27:40 Why Distributed SQL with CockroachDB? 29:39 CockroachDB architecture explained 34:04 Scale across data centers without downtime 35:06 What is data domiciling? 35:39 CockroachDB Cloud and Self-Hosted Tiers 37:01 CockroachDB vs Aurora Further resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zAYQWdDxQg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5N9ot-9FIc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy-mY2XRL_M About CockroachDB: Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.