There are many relational cloud databases on the market today, and it can be challenging to evaluate all of your options confidently. This session will provide an in-depth comparison of CockroachDB and Amazon Aurora, including variants like Aurora Limitless. We’ll highlight 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. We’ll 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

In this webinar, we’ll explore real-world workloads to provide a comprehensive overview of how CockroachDB and Aurora perform under various scenarios. The session will include insights on:

• The unique value propositions of each database
• 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