Aurora Serverless v2 Scales to Zero: Now, What?

AWS has recently updated Aurora Serverless v2 to scale down to zero ACUs during idle periods, a feature highly requested by users. This update allows clusters to autopause entirely when no connections are active and wake up automatically in 15 seconds when traffic returns. However, some questions remain about the reliability of the autopause feature, cold start times, handling many connections, and whether this will be enough to address Aurora's high pricing concerns. Alternatives like Neon offer native scale-to-zero features with rapid cold starts and other benefits for developers seeking a true serverless database experience.