Side-by-side decision briefs that show when each product tends to fit, what usually breaks first, and how pricing behavior differs.
Choose Aurora Postgres if you’re AWS-first and want a managed relational core aligned to AWS identity, networking, and managed services. Choose AlloyDB if you’re GCP-first and want the same baseline aligned to Google Cloud. Both can be excellent; governance, migrations, and performance discipline still need ownership either way.
Choose AlloyDB if you’re GCP-first and want a managed Postgres-compatible baseline aligned to Google Cloud. Choose Azure Database for PostgreSQL if you’re Azure-first and want managed Postgres aligned to Microsoft governance and tooling. Both still require schema/migration governance and performance discipline from your team.
Choose Aurora Postgres if AWS is your home ecosystem and you want a managed relational core aligned to AWS tooling. Choose Azure Database for PostgreSQL if your org is Microsoft/Azure-first and you want managed Postgres aligned to Azure governance. Either way, migrations and schema governance remain your responsibility.
Choose Neon when branching/ephemeral environments and developer workflow speed are the bottleneck. Choose Aurora when you want an AWS-aligned managed Postgres baseline optimized for production governance and ecosystem adjacency. The decision is workflow vs production operating model and alignment.
Choose Neon when developer workflow speed (branching, ephemeral environments) is the priority. Choose AlloyDB when you’re GCP-first and want a managed Postgres-compatible baseline aligned to Google Cloud governance and service adjacency. The right choice depends on whether workflow or ecosystem-aligned production operations is the constraint.
Choose Supabase when you want managed Postgres plus platform tooling to ship quickly and your needs fit standard CIAM/DB patterns. Choose Azure Database for PostgreSQL when you’re Azure-first and want an infra-first managed Postgres baseline aligned to enterprise governance and Azure tooling. The decision is platform DX vs ecosystem-aligned production operations.
Choose Supabase when you want managed Postgres plus platform tooling to ship quickly and the platform model fits your needs. Choose Aurora when you’re AWS-first and want a managed Postgres-compatible baseline aligned to AWS governance and service adjacency. The decision is platform DX vs AWS-aligned production operating model.
Choose CockroachDB Cloud when resilience and scaling patterns beyond a single-region database are required and you can handle the distributed SQL operating model. Choose Aurora when a managed Postgres baseline is sufficient and you want AWS ecosystem alignment with lower conceptual complexity. The decision is distributed resilience vs simpler operating model.
Choose CockroachDB Cloud when distributed SQL resilience and scaling patterns are required and you can operate the model. Choose AlloyDB when you want a GCP-first managed Postgres-compatible baseline with a simpler operating model. The decision is distributed resilience vs managed Postgres simplicity.
Choose PlanetScale when you want MySQL compatibility with a serverless/dev-first workflow and your application fits that model. Choose Aurora when you want an AWS-aligned managed Postgres-compatible baseline and your stack is Postgres-oriented. The decision is compatibility + workflow vs AWS-aligned production operations.
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