Compare Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Database as a Service (DBaaS) 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (39.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Amazon 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)Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Star Rating
(44)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (39.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Database as a Service (DBaaS)Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs Database as a Service (DBaaS)
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found them equally easy to use and set up. However, reviewers preferred the ease of administration and doing business with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) overall.
- Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Database as a Service (DBaaS) both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Database as a Service (DBaaS) is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Database as a Service (DBaaS) over Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
No pricing availableDatabase as a Service (DBaaS)
No pricing availableFree Trial
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Free Trial is available
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
739
9.0
43
Ease of Use
8.8
747
8.8
43
Ease of Setup
8.9
523
8.9
22
Ease of Admin
8.7
435
8.5
18
Quality of Support
8.6
711
8.7
42
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
423
8.5
18
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
701
9.7
43
Features by Category
Management
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.3
8
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.9
7
Not enough data
8.1
7
Maintenance
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.7
8
Not enough data
8.8
8
Security
Not enough data
7.6
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Management
8.8
305
Not enough data
8.9
309
Not enough data
8.8
294
Not enough data
8.9
304
Not enough data
Support
8.3
300
Not enough data
8.7
311
Not enough data
8.6
305
Not enough data
8.8
309
Not enough data
Security
8.6
298
Not enough data
8.7
314
Not enough data
8.8
308
Not enough data
8.8
311
Not enough data
Performance
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
Not enough data
Database Features
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
Not enough data
Configuration
8.8
245
9.2
20
8.4
240
9.0
18
8.6
248
9.0
21
8.0
225
8.6
17
8.9
239
9.1
18
Database Administration
8.8
240
9.1
21
8.6
230
8.7
18
Feature Not Available
8.9
19
Availability
9.1
245
9.4
21
9.1
249
9.1
21
Feature Not Available
9.1
18
8.7
231
9.2
18
Security
8.3
170
9.4
11
8.6
179
9.3
12
8.4
169
8.9
11
Data Management
8.8
185
9.1
11
8.6
174
8.8
12
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Database as a Service (DBaaS) are categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Unique Categories
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is categorized as Relational Databases
Database as a Service (DBaaS) is categorized as Database Management Systems (DBMS)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Database as a Service (DBaaS)
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
22.7%
Computer Software
17.0%
Financial Services
6.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.7%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
47.2%
Information Technology and Services
23.3%
Computer Software
18.6%
Computer & Network Security
7.0%
Education Management
7.0%
Consulting
4.7%
Other
39.5%
Discussions
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
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Database as a Service (DBaaS) has no discussions with answers
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