Microsoft Azure → Amazon Web Services
AWS equivalent of Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters
The closest AWS equivalent of Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters is Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database.
About Azure Database for PostgreSQL elastic clusters
| Provider | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Managed Citus on flexible server nodes, for horizontal sharding (row-based or schema-based) across a shared-nothing cluster. |
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
AWS mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Horizontally sharded PostgreSQL | Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database | Partial match |
Cloud-native, serverless & distributed SQL(1)
Horizontally sharded PostgreSQL Partial match
Aurora PostgreSQL Limitless Database maps to elastic clusters in Azure Database for PostgreSQL, which is managed Citus. Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, the older Citus service, is on a retirement path.
- Engine. Limitless is AWS-built sharding on Aurora's storage. Elastic clusters use the open-source Citus extension on flexible server nodes in a shared-nothing cluster.
- Sharding models. Elastic clusters support row-based and schema-based sharding. Limitless uses sharded and reference tables behind a router layer.