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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (57.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Star Rating
(896)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Star Rating
(115)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
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- Users report that Amazon RDS excels in scalability with a score of 9.2, allowing businesses to easily adjust their database resources as needed. In contrast, ArangoDB, while still strong, has a slightly lower scalability score of 8.8, which may be a consideration for rapidly growing companies.
- Reviewers mention that Amazon RDS offers robust backup capabilities, scoring 9.1, ensuring data safety and reliability. ArangoDB matches this score but users note that RDS's automated backup processes are more user-friendly and reliable.
- G2 users highlight the query language of ArangoDB, which scores 9.2, as being particularly powerful for multi-model databases. In comparison, Amazon RDS scores 8.7, and while it supports SQL, users feel that ArangoDB's flexibility in handling different data models gives it an edge for complex queries.
- Reviewers say that Amazon RDS shines in quality of support, with a score of 8.6, often citing responsive customer service and extensive documentation. ArangoDB, with a score of 8.9, also receives praise, but some users report longer wait times for support tickets.
- Users on G2 report that Amazon RDS has superior database monitoring features, scoring 8.6, which helps in maintaining optimal performance. ArangoDB's score of 7.3 indicates that while it has monitoring capabilities, they are not as comprehensive or user-friendly as those of RDS.
- Reviewers mention that ArangoDB's data manipulation capabilities are impressive, scoring 9.1, which allows for advanced data handling. In contrast, Amazon RDS scores 8.5, and while it is effective, users feel that ArangoDB provides more tools for complex data operations.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
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ArangoGraph Insights Platform
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The managed service for ArangoDB provides fully-hosted, managed, & monitored cluster deployments of any size, with enterprise-grade security. rices depend on selected cloud provider, region, disk & CPU size.
- Fully Managed: ArangoDB Oasis offers a fully-managed graph database, document store and full-text search engine. All in one place
- Highly Secure: Encryption at transit & at rest guarantee all your data is encrypted before it hits the disk or send over the network. In addition, you can assign fine-grained access control policies to your organization, your projects or deployments. This assigns permissions to groups or individual users
- Elastic Scale: You can elastically scale with all deployment models (OneShard & Sharded Clusters) at anytime and use the special Enterprise features for efficient queries against distributed data
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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
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Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
734
8.8
104
Ease of Use
8.8
741
8.9
105
Ease of Setup
8.9
517
8.7
72
Ease of Admin
8.7
433
8.7
55
Quality of Support
8.6
706
8.8
92
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
421
9.0
47
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
695
9.2
104
Features by Category
Compatibility
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
7.4
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Agentic AI - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Search Queries
Not enough data
7.4
12
Not enough data
7.9
12
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
12
Not enough data
8.1
13
AI powered search - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
15
Compatibility - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Search Queries - Enterprise Search Software
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Management
8.8
303
Not enough data
8.9
307
Not enough data
8.8
293
Not enough data
8.9
302
Not enough data
Support
8.3
298
Not enough data
8.7
309
Not enough data
8.6
303
Not enough data
8.8
307
Not enough data
Security
8.6
296
Not enough data
8.7
312
Not enough data
8.8
306
Not enough data
8.8
309
Not enough data
Performance
8.7
303
Not enough data
8.6
297
Not enough data
8.7
305
Not enough data
8.5
291
Not enough data
8.4
295
Not enough data
Database Features
9.0
434
Not enough data
9.2
433
Not enough data
9.0
430
Not enough data
9.2
420
Not enough data
9.1
428
Not enough data
8.5
399
Not enough data
8.7
416
Not enough data
Data Management
Not enough data
9.1
18
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Verified
Not enough data
8.9
18
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Verified
Availability
Not enough data
9.4
13
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Verified
Not enough data
9.0
13
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Verified
Not enough data
8.3
14
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Verified
Performance
Not enough data
8.0
15
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Verified
Security
Not enough data
7.9
15
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Verified
Not enough data
8.4
15
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Verified
Not enough data
8.1
14
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Verified
Not enough data
8.7
13
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Verified
Support
Not enough data
9.3
17
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Verified
Not enough data
8.7
15
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Verified
Data Management
Not enough data
9.2
35
Not enough data
9.1
35
Not enough data
8.6
33
Not enough data
6.8
29
Availability
Not enough data
7.6
22
Not enough data
7.6
23
Not enough data
7.8
24
Performance
Not enough data
8.4
32
Security
Not enough data
8.0
28
Not enough data
7.7
28
Not enough data
7.6
26
Not enough data
8.0
28
Support
Not enough data
9.1
32
Not enough data
8.4
31
Not enough data
7.1
25
Data Management
Not enough data
9.2
40
Not enough data
8.9
41
Not enough data
8.5
40
Not enough data
7.5
34
Not enough data
9.2
41
Availability
Not enough data
8.5
29
Not enough data
8.4
30
Performance
Not enough data
8.9
37
Security
Not enough data
8.2
35
Not enough data
8.2
34
Not enough data
8.0
33
Not enough data
8.3
36
Support
Not enough data
9.1
39
Not enough data
7.8
33
Not enough data
8.6
40
Configuration
8.8
243
8.4
19
8.4
238
8.1
18
8.6
245
7.3
18
8.0
222
7.4
15
8.8
236
8.7
15
Database Administration
8.8
236
7.5
17
8.6
228
7.9
17
Feature Not Available
7.4
16
Availability
9.1
240
8.8
16
9.1
244
9.1
15
Feature Not Available
8.9
16
8.7
230
9.0
17
Security
8.3
169
7.4
15
8.6
177
7.9
16
8.4
168
7.2
15
Data Management
8.8
182
8.1
15
8.6
173
7.8
15
Database Features
9.0
434
Not enough data
9.2
433
Not enough data
9.0
430
Not enough data
9.2
420
Not enough data
9.1
428
Not enough data
8.5
399
Not enough data
8.7
416
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Arango are categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Unique Categories
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is categorized as Relational Databases
Arango is categorized as Enterprise Search Software, Graph Databases, Document Databases, and Key Value Databases
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Arango
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
22.5%
Computer Software
17.0%
Financial Services
6.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.8%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
47.3%
Information Technology and Services
20.9%
Computer Software
19.1%
Internet
7.0%
Financial Services
6.1%
Hospital & Health Care
5.2%
Other
41.7%
Alternatives
Discussions
An Amazon RDS performance best practice is to allocate enough RAM so that your working set resides almost completely in memory.
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SS
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What is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) used for?
1 Comment
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
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) has no more discussions with answers
How was the experience with driver support and documentation.
1 Comment
NG
Documentation is detailed, StackOverflow community for ArangoDB is also active, so it's easy to learn. ArangoDB is accessed primarily via REST interface and...Read more
Is ArangoDB free?
1 Comment
PG
ArangoDb community is free, which you can install on your computer (Windows, linux, etc.) This is what I use! I'm pretty sure you can go far with the free...Read more
What is ArangoDB used for?
1 Comment
PM
Arango DB is a NoSQL Database software system. It supports the usual features all the traditional NoSQL databases has. It also has support to run graphing...Read more
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