Compare Amazon Athena and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.6% of reviews)
Mid-Market (37.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Amazon Athena
Star Rating
(166)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon AthenaAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Star Rating
(901)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)Amazon Athena vs Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use. However, Amazon Athena is easier to set up , while reviewers preferred administration and ease of doing business with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) overall.
- Reviewers felt that Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) meets the needs of their business better than Amazon Athena.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Amazon Athena and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) provide similar levels of assistance.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) over Amazon Athena.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Athena
No pricing availableAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon Athena
No trial information availableAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
122
9.0
739
Ease of Use
8.8
122
8.8
747
Ease of Setup
9.0
57
8.9
523
Ease of Admin
8.5
55
8.7
435
Quality of Support
8.6
104
8.6
711
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
55
8.8
423
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
97
9.5
701
Features by Category
Management
8.0
27
Not enough data
8.7
25
Not enough data
8.6
31
Not enough data
8.5
29
Not enough data
8.5
29
Not enough data
Maintenance
8.0
28
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.1
27
Not enough data
Security
9.0
29
Not enough data
9.1
31
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
8.8
305
Not enough data
8.9
309
Not enough data
8.8
294
Not enough data
8.9
304
Support
Not enough data
8.3
300
Not enough data
8.7
311
Not enough data
8.6
305
Not enough data
8.8
309
Security
Not enough data
8.6
298
Not enough data
8.7
314
Not enough data
8.8
308
Not enough data
8.8
311
Performance
Not enough data
8.8
305
Not enough data
8.6
299
Not enough data
8.7
307
Not enough data
8.5
293
Not enough data
8.5
297
Database Features
Not enough data
9.0
437
Not enough data
9.2
437
Not enough data
9.0
433
Not enough data
9.2
423
Not enough data
9.1
431
Not enough data
8.5
402
Not enough data
8.7
419
Configuration
8.8
42
8.8
245
8.5
38
8.4
240
8.8
39
8.6
248
8.3
36
8.0
225
9.0
37
8.9
239
Database Administration
8.9
36
8.8
240
9.0
38
8.6
230
8.9
39
Feature Not Available
Availability
9.0
42
9.1
245
8.9
38
9.1
249
8.7
38
Feature Not Available
8.7
38
8.7
231
Security
8.8
36
8.3
170
9.2
36
8.6
179
9.0
34
8.4
169
Data Management
9.1
36
8.8
185
9.1
42
8.6
174
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Athena and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) are categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Unique Categories
Amazon Athena is categorized as Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is categorized as Relational Databases
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Athena
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
14.7%
Computer Software
12.2%
Financial Services
8.3%
Retail
4.5%
Pharmaceuticals
4.5%
Other
55.8%
Information Technology and Services
22.7%
Computer Software
17.0%
Financial Services
6.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.7%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
47.2%
Discussions
Is AWS Athena free?
1 Comment
JI
NoRead more
How do I use AWS Athena?
1 Comment
BV
AWS Management Console
Command Line Interface (CLI)
JDBC/ODBC Drivers
WS Serverless Application RepositoryRead more
Amazon Athena has no more discussions with answers
What is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) used for?
2 Comments
AJ
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a cloud-based service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is used for managing and operating relational...Read more
An Amazon RDS performance best practice is to allocate enough RAM so that your working set resides almost completely in memory.
1 Comment
SS
niceRead more
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) has no more discussions with answers
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