Multi-Cloud Database Compare

Database Comparison Filters

{
  "features": [
    {
      "feature": "Service",
      "category": "Service Overview",
      "aws": "Amazon RDS",
      "azure": "Azure SQL Database",
      "gcp": "Cloud SQL"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Engines Supported",
      "category": "Service Overview",
      "aws": "MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server",
      "azure": "SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL",
      "gcp": "MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Serverless Option",
      "category": "Service Overview",
      "aws": "Aurora Serverless v2 (auto-scales ACUs)",
      "azure": "Azure SQL Serverless (auto-pause and auto-scale vCores)",
      "gcp": "N/A"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Max Storage",
      "category": "Storage & Scalability",
      "aws": "128 TB (Aurora); 64 TB (RDS)",
      "azure": "100 TB (Hyperscale)",
      "gcp": "64 TB"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Read Replicas",
      "category": "Storage & Scalability",
      "aws": "Up to 15 (Aurora); 5 (RDS)",
      "azure": "Up to 4 (Hyperscale named replicas)",
      "gcp": "Varies by tier; cross-region supported"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Global Distribution",
      "category": "Storage & Scalability",
      "aws": "Aurora Global Database (up to 5 secondary regions, <1s replication)",
      "azure": "Hyperscale geo-replication; active geo-replication for Azure SQL",
      "gcp": "Cross-region read replicas"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Multi-AZ / HA",
      "category": "High Availability",
      "aws": "Yes; Multi-AZ deployments with automatic failover",
      "azure": "Yes; zone-redundant and geo-redundant options",
      "gcp": "Yes; regional instances with automatic failover"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Automated Backups",
      "category": "High Availability",
      "aws": "Up to 35 days retention (automated daily snapshots)",
      "azure": "Up to 35 days retention (automated backups)",
      "gcp": "Automated daily backups with configurable retention"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Point-in-Time Recovery",
      "category": "High Availability",
      "aws": "Yes; restore to any second within retention period",
      "azure": "Yes; restore to any point within retention period",
      "gcp": "Yes; restore to any point within retention period"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Encryption at Rest",
      "category": "Security",
      "aws": "Yes; AES-256 via AWS KMS (enabled by default for Aurora)",
      "azure": "Yes; TDE enabled by default; customer-managed keys via Key Vault",
      "gcp": "Yes; AES-256 encryption by default; CMEK via Cloud KMS"
    },
    {
      "feature": "VPC / VNet Integration",
      "category": "Security",
      "aws": "Yes; deploy in VPC subnets with security group controls",
      "azure": "Yes; VNet service endpoints and Private Link support",
      "gcp": "Yes; private IP with VPC peering; authorized networks"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Connection Pooling",
      "category": "Connectivity",
      "aws": "RDS Proxy (managed connection pooling and failover)",
      "azure": "Built-in connection pooling; elastic pool for resource sharing",
      "gcp": "Cloud SQL Auth Proxy (secure tunneling and IAM auth)"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Monitoring",
      "category": "Monitoring & Operations",
      "aws": "Amazon CloudWatch metrics; Enhanced Monitoring; Performance Insights",
      "azure": "Azure Monitor; Intelligent Insights; Query Performance Insight",
      "gcp": "Cloud Monitoring; Cloud Logging; Query Insights"
    },
    {
      "feature": "Pricing Model",
      "category": "Pricing",
      "aws": "Per-instance-hour + storage + I/O; Reserved Instances for savings",
      "azure": "vCore-based or DTU-based; serverless auto-pause billing",
      "gcp": "Per-instance-hour + storage + network; committed use discounts"
    }
  ]
}