I think Aurora Serverless has even worse [1] cold-start times (for the DB itself), and it was intended as more of a price-optimization than a performance boost.

I think Aurora Serverless has even worse [1] cold-start times (for the DB itself), and it was intended as more of a price-optimization than a performance boost. [1] https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=288043 https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=288043