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Compare Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Snowflake 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (37.6% of reviews)
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$2 Compute/Hour
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
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Star Rating
(678)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (44.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$2 Compute/Hour
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs Snowflake
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Snowflake easier to use, and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of administration with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). Reviewers felt that the products are equally easy to set up.
- Reviewers felt that Snowflake meets the needs of their business better than Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Snowflake is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) over Snowflake.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
No pricing availableSnowflake
Standard
$2
Compute/Hour
Compute usage is billed on a per-second basis, with a minimum of 60 seconds. You can secure price discounts with pre-purchased Snowflake capacity options.
- Complete SQL Data Warehouse
- Secure Data Sharing across regions / clouds
- Premier Support 24 x 365
Free Trial
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Free Trial is available
Snowflake
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
739
9.1
514
Ease of Use
8.8
747
9.0
550
Ease of Setup
8.9
523
8.9
335
Ease of Admin
8.7
436
8.6
209
Quality of Support
8.6
711
8.7
470
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
424
9.0
210
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
701
9.2
484
Features by Category
Deployment
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
8.9
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.3
12
Not enough data
9.3
12
Deployment
Not enough data
9.3
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
9.3
10
Management
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.2
12
Not enough data
9.0
12
Operations
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
8.8
10
Not enough data
9.5
10
Management
Not enough data
9.2
10
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.0
10
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.3
10
System
Not enough data
9.2
28
Model Development
Not enough data
9.1
27
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.3
27
Not enough data
8.7
27
Model Development
Not enough data
8.7
27
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
8.4
27
Not enough data
8.4
26
Machine/Deep Learning Services
Not enough data
8.5
27
Not enough data
8.5
24
Deployment
Not enough data
9.1
29
Not enough data
9.0
27
Not enough data
9.3
28
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.4
25
Not enough data
8.3
25
Not enough data
8.5
25
Agentic AI - Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.5
13
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
8.3
13
Not enough data
8.2
12
Data Management
Not enough data
9.0
185
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
172
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
178
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
173
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
152
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
156
|
Verified
Integration
Not enough data
8.2
143
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
174
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
161
|
Verified
Deployment
Not enough data
7.7
142
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
182
|
Verified
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
186
|
Verified
Security
Not enough data
8.9
171
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
180
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
80
Not enough data
8.1
81
Management
Not enough data
8.9
84
Not enough data
9.1
84
Not enough data
9.4
90
Not enough data
9.0
87
Not enough data
9.1
89
Maintenance
Not enough data
9.3
87
Not enough data
9.0
85
Not enough data
9.3
87
Security
Not enough data
9.2
86
Not enough data
9.3
89
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
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
Not enough data
Storage
Not enough data
9.2
44
Not enough data
9.2
44
Availability
Not enough data
9.1
39
Not enough data
9.2
37
Not enough data
9.2
41
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
44
Security
Not enough data
9.1
44
Not enough data
9.2
45
Not enough data
8.9
38
Not enough data
9.2
38
Support
Not enough data
9.2
36
Not enough data
9.1
35
Centralized computation
Not enough data
9.3
25
Localized computation
Not enough data
9.0
24
Configuration
8.8
245
Not enough data
8.4
240
Not enough data
8.6
248
Not enough data
8.0
225
Not enough data
8.9
239
Not enough data
Database Administration
8.8
240
Not enough data
8.6
230
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Availability
9.1
245
Not enough data
9.1
248
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
231
Not enough data
Security
8.3
170
Not enough data
8.6
179
Not enough data
8.4
169
Not enough data
Data Management
8.8
184
Not enough data
8.6
174
Not enough data
Database
Not enough data
8.9
98
Not enough data
9.3
101
Not enough data
9.3
95
Integrations
Not enough data
8.6
76
Not enough data
8.7
81
Platform
Not enough data
9.1
91
Not enough data
9.0
97
Not enough data
8.7
81
Processing
Not enough data
9.3
96
Not enough data
9.1
94
Data Transformation
Not enough data
9.2
87
Not enough data
9.4
86
Connectivity
Not enough data
8.5
78
Not enough data
8.7
79
Not enough data
9.1
80
Not enough data
9.1
81
Operations
Not enough data
8.6
83
Not enough data
9.2
79
Not enough data
8.9
76
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
8.7
77
Building Reports
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Snowflake share no categories
Unique Categories
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is categorized as Database as a Service (DBaaS) and Relational Databases
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Snowflake
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
22.6%
Computer Software
17.1%
Financial Services
6.1%
Computer & Network Security
3.7%
Telecommunications
3.3%
Other
47.2%
Information Technology and Services
14.7%
Computer Software
12.8%
Financial Services
10.4%
Marketing and Advertising
4.6%
Hospital & Health Care
3.7%
Other
53.8%
Alternatives
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
SS
niceRead more
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) has no more discussions with answers
What's the best way to manage change data capture in Snowflake?
4 Comments
VT
Please go through this link: https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/streams
You might get a pertinent response from it.
Please click on this link...Read more
which is best snowflake or My sql
2 Comments
LH
Depends on your needs. MySQL is open source/free. It or Postgres (another open source db) is good for pretty much any normal need. You can install on...Read more
Snowflake - how to connect to Snowflake using NodeJS
2 Comments
DW
Does this help? https://www.ameexusa.com/blogs/connecting-node-js-snowflakeRead more
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