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Compare Amazon DocumentDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (33.3% of reviews)
Mid-Market (37.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.10 GB/month (prices may vary across AWS regions) GB
No pricing available
Amazon DocumentDB
Star Rating
(44)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (33.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.10 GB/month (prices may vary across AWS regions) GB
Learn more about Amazon DocumentDBAmazon 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 DocumentDB vs Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred 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 DocumentDB.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, Amazon DocumentDB 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 DocumentDB.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon DocumentDB
Amazon DocumentDB Pricing
$0.10 GB/month (prices may vary across AWS regions)
GB
Amazon DocumentDB is priced in four dimensions: 1) On-demand instances The amount of compute instances for a cluster (pricing per second with a 10-minute minimum); 2) Database I/O: The amount of I/O used when reading and writing data to your cluster’s storage volume (pricing per million I/Os); 3) Database storage: The amount of data stored in your cluster's storage volume (pricing per GB/month); 4) Backup storage: The amount of backup storage used in excess of your cluster’s database storage usage (pricing per GB/month). Other AWS-wide costs (such as data transfer between applications and DocumentDB across Availability Zones) may also apply.
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon DocumentDB
No trial information availableAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
38
9.0
739
Ease of Use
8.6
37
8.8
747
Ease of Setup
8.5
11
8.9
523
Ease of Admin
8.2
10
8.7
436
Quality of Support
8.6
37
8.6
711
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.5
10
8.8
424
Product Direction (% positive)
7.9
33
9.5
701
Features by Category
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
436
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
Data Management
9.4
6
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
Availability
8.6
6
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Performance
8.7
5
Not enough data
Security
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.2
6
Not enough data
10.0
5
Not enough data
10.0
7
Not enough data
Support
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Configuration
9.3
16
8.8
245
8.7
15
8.4
240
8.6
14
8.6
248
8.7
13
8.0
225
9.0
14
8.9
239
Database Administration
9.2
14
8.8
240
8.8
13
8.6
230
9.4
13
Feature Not Available
Availability
9.4
14
9.1
245
9.7
15
9.1
248
9.6
13
Feature Not Available
9.0
15
8.7
231
Security
9.4
9
8.3
170
9.4
9
8.6
179
9.3
9
8.4
169
Data Management
9.7
10
8.8
184
9.8
10
8.6
174
Database Features
Not enough data
9.0
437
Not enough data
9.2
436
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon DocumentDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) are categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Unique Categories
Amazon DocumentDB is categorized as Document Databases
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is categorized as Relational Databases
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon DocumentDB
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
23.8%
Computer Software
19.0%
Internet
4.8%
Food & Beverages
4.8%
Entertainment
4.8%
Other
42.9%
Information Technology and Services
22.6%
Computer Software
17.1%
Financial Services
6.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.7%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
47.2%
Alternatives
Discussions
Amazon DocumentDB has no 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
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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) has no more discussions with answers
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