# Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs Tiger Data Comparison | | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.5 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 907 | 33 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Mid-Market (37.7% of reviews) | Small-Business (78.8% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | No pricing available | Free Trial | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Pros: - Ease of Use (15 reviews) - Scalability (13 reviews) Cons: - Expensive (18 reviews) - Complexity (7 reviews) ### Tiger Data Pros: - Ease of Use (8 reviews) - Easy Setup (5 reviews) Cons: - Expensive (4 reviews) - Expensive Licensing (3 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 9.0 (744 reviews) | 9.3 (27 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 8.8 (752 reviews) | 9.0 (27 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.9 (528 reviews) | 8.5 (17 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.7 (436 reviews) | 8.7 (10 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 8.6 (716 reviews) | 9.5 (24 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.8 (424 reviews) | 9.3 (10 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.5 (704 reviews) | 9.1 (27 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) #### Entry-Level Pricing No pricing available #### Free Trial Yes ### Tiger Data #### Entry-Level Pricing Plan: Free Price: Free Trial Description: 30 day free trial. No credit card required. Key Features: - Create a fully-managed Timescale instance in 30 seconds. - Ingest data at petabyte-scale with rock-solid reliability - Analyze data using advanced time-series capabilities [Learn more about Tiger Data](https://www.g2.com/products/tiger-data/reviews) #### Free Trial Yes --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Database Management Systems (DBMS) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | N/A | N/A | | **Tiger Data** | N/A | N/A | #### Management | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Data dictionary** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Replication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Query Language** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | | **Data Modeling** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Performance Analysis** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) | #### Maintenance | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Data Migration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Backup and Recovery** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) | | **Multi-User Environment** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Data Encryption** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **User Access Control** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | ### Relational Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | 8.8/10 | 468 | | **Tiger Data** | 9.5/10 | 10 | #### Management | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Data Schema** | 8.8 (306 reviews) | 9.0 (8 reviews) | | **Query Language** | 8.9 (310 reviews) | 8.9 (9 reviews) | | **ACID - Complaint** | 8.8 (295 reviews) | 8.6 (7 reviews) | | **Data Replication** | 8.9 (304 reviews) | 8.6 (6 reviews) | #### Support | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Text Search** | 8.3 (300 reviews) | 8.3 (6 reviews) | | **Data Types** | 8.7 (312 reviews) | 8.8 (7 reviews) | | **Languages** | 8.6 (306 reviews) | 8.8 (7 reviews) | | **Operating Systems** | 8.8 (310 reviews) | 8.6 (6 reviews) | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Database Locking** | 8.6 (299 reviews) | 9.3 (7 reviews) | | **Access Control** | 8.7 (315 reviews) | 9.0 (8 reviews) | | **Encryption** | 8.9 (309 reviews) | 8.0 (5 reviews) | | **Authentication** | 8.8 (312 reviews) | 9.0 (7 reviews) | #### Performance | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Disaster Recovery** | 8.8 (305 reviews) | 8.7 (5 reviews) | | **Data Concurrency** | 8.6 (299 reviews) | 8.6 (7 reviews) | | **Workload Management** | 8.7 (307 reviews) | 8.8 (7 reviews) | | **Advanced Indexing** | 8.5 (293 reviews) | 9.2 (8 reviews) | | **Query Optimizer** | 8.5 (297 reviews) | 8.8 (8 reviews) | #### Database Features | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Storage** | 9.0 (438 reviews) | 9.6 (8 reviews) | | **Availability** | 9.2 (438 reviews) | 9.2 (10 reviews) | | **Stability** | 9.0 (435 reviews) | 9.3 (10 reviews) | | **Scalability** | 9.2 (425 reviews) | 9.1 (9 reviews) | | **Security** | 9.1 (432 reviews) | 8.9 (9 reviews) | | **Data Manipulation** | 8.5 (403 reviews) | 9.1 (9 reviews) | | **Query Language** | 8.8 (420 reviews) | 9.4 (9 reviews) | ### Columnar Databases | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | N/A | N/A | | **Tiger Data** | N/A | N/A | #### Storage | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Data Model** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Types** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Availability | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Auto Sharding** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Auto Recovery** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data Replication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Performance | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Integrated Cache** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Role-Based Authorization** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Authentication** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Audit Logs** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Encryption** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Support | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Multi-Model** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Operating Systems** | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Vector Database | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | N/A | N/A | | **Tiger Data** | N/A | N/A | #### Data Indexing | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Semantic Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Indexing Data** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Filters | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Accurate Search** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Single Stage Filtering - Vector Database** | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Real-time Analytic Database | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | N/A | N/A | | **Tiger Data** | N/A | N/A | #### Query latency | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Lower query latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Continuous queries** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Data latency | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Lower data latency** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Data pipeline performance** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Connectors | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Faster ingestion** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Built-in connectors** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Scale | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Linearly scalable database** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Storage management** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Architecture | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Data security** | Not enough data | Not enough data | | **Lockless architecture** | Not enough data | Not enough data | ### Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | N/A | N/A | | **Tiger Data** | N/A | N/A | #### Development | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Application Deployment** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | | **Development Tools** | Not enough data | 7.7 (5 reviews) | | **Development Environment** | Not enough data | 7.7 (5 reviews) | | **Language Support** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | | **Testing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | #### Database | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Database Management** | Not enough data | 8.8 (7 reviews) | | **Analytics** | Not enough data | 8.8 (7 reviews) | | **Auto Scaling** | Not enough data | 8.3 (5 reviews) | | **Backup / Recovery** | Not enough data | 8.7 (5 reviews) | | **Storage** | Not enough data | 8.6 (7 reviews) | #### Infrastructure | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Networking** | Not enough data | 8.9 (6 reviews) | | **Virtual Machines** | Not enough data | 9.0 (5 reviews) | | **Security** | Not enough data | 8.1 (6 reviews) | ### Database as a Service (DBaaS) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)** | 8.7/10 | 281 | | **Tiger Data** | 8.6/10 | 15 | #### Configuration | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Application Performance** | 8.8 (247 reviews) | 8.6 (15 reviews) | | **Orchestration** | 8.4 (242 reviews) | 8.5 (9 reviews) | | **Database Monitoring** | 8.6 (251 reviews) | 8.8 (15 reviews) | | **Anomaly Detection** | 8.1 (227 reviews) | 8.3 (9 reviews) | | **Network Security** | 8.9 (244 reviews) | 7.9 (13 reviews) | #### Database Administration | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Provisioning** | 8.8 (242 reviews) | 8.3 (11 reviews) | | **Governance** | 8.6 (232 reviews) | 7.6 (9 reviews) | | **Auditing** | Feature Not Available | 8.3 (11 reviews) | #### Availability | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Scalability** | 9.1 (249 reviews) | 8.9 (11 reviews) | | **Backup** | 9.1 (252 reviews) | 8.9 (11 reviews) | | **Archiving** | Feature Not Available | 8.5 (8 reviews) | | **Indexing** | 8.7 (232 reviews) | 9.2 (12 reviews) | #### Security | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Data Masking** | 8.3 (170 reviews) | 8.8 (8 reviews) | | **Authentication And Single Sign-On** | 8.6 (181 reviews) | 7.1 (11 reviews) | | **Data Anonymization** | 8.4 (170 reviews) | 8.6 (7 reviews) | #### Data Management | Feature | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Data Replication** | 8.8 (188 reviews) | 8.3 (7 reviews) | | **Advanced Data Analytics** | 8.6 (175 reviews) | 8.3 (9 reviews) | --- ## Categories **Shared Categories (2):** [Database as a Service (DBaaS) Providers](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-as-a-service-dbaas), [Relational Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/relational-databases) **Unique to Tiger Data (6):** [Real-time Analytic Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/real-time-analytic-database), [Columnar Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/columnar-databases), [Time Series Databases](https://www.g2.com/categories/time-series-databases), [Database Management Systems (DBMS)](https://www.g2.com/categories/database-management-systems-dbms), [Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/cloud-platform-as-a-service-paas), [Vector Database Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/vector-database) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | Tiger Data | |---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 29.0% | 78.8% | | **Mid-Market** | 37.7% | 18.2% | | **Enterprise** | 33.4% | 3.0% | ### By Industry #### Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) - **Information Technology and Services:** 22.6% - **Computer Software:** 17.0% - **Financial Services:** 6.0% - **Computer & Network Security:** 3.7% - **Telecommunications:** 3.2% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 3.1% - **Health, Wellness and Fitness:** 2.7% - **Banking:** 2.5% - **Retail:** 2.4% - **Internet:** 2.2% - **Other:** 34.4% #### Tiger Data - **Computer Software:** 24.2% - **Financial Services:** 21.2% - **Information Technology and Services:** 12.1% - **Consulting:** 6.1% - **Renewables & Environment:** 6.1% - **Oil & Energy:** 6.1% - **Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing:** 6.1% - **Maritime:** 3.0% - **Internet:** 3.0% - **Health, Wellness and Fitness:** 3.0% - **Other:** 9.1% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) - [Oracle Database](https://www.g2.com/products/oracle-database/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (1010 reviews) - [IBM Db2](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-db2/reviews) — 4.1/5 stars (682 reviews) - [SAP HANA Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/sap-hana-cloud-2025-10-01/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (621 reviews) - [Google Cloud SQL](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-sql/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (366 reviews) - [Azure SQL Database](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-sql-database/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (241 reviews) - [EDB Postgres Advanced Server](https://www.g2.com/products/edb-postgres-advanced-server/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (37 reviews) - [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (2280 reviews) - [MySQL](https://www.g2.com/products/mysql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (1675 reviews) - [DigitalOcean](https://www.g2.com/products/digitalocean/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (749 reviews) - [PostgreSQL](https://www.g2.com/products/postgresql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (679 reviews) ### Alternatives to Tiger Data - [Snowflake](https://www.g2.com/products/snowflake/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (754 reviews) - [InfluxDB](https://www.g2.com/products/influxdata-influxdb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (101 reviews) - [Google Cloud SQL](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-sql/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (366 reviews) - [PostgreSQL](https://www.g2.com/products/postgresql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (679 reviews) - [Microsoft SQL Server](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-sql-server/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (2280 reviews) - [Amazon Aurora](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-aurora/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (457 reviews) - [MySQL](https://www.g2.com/products/mysql/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (1675 reviews) - [ScyllaDB](https://www.g2.com/products/scylladb/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (427 reviews) - [Amazon DynamoDB](https://www.g2.com/products/amazon-web-services-aws-amazon-dynamodb/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (530 reviews) - [Teradata Vantage](https://www.g2.com/products/teradata-teradata-vantage/reviews) — 4.3/5 stars (375 reviews) --- ## Top Discussions ### Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) - Title: [What is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-amazon-relational-database-service-rds-used-for) — 2 comments, 2 upvotes > **Top comment:** "Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a cloud-based service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that is used for managing and operating relational..." - Title: [An Amazon RDS performance best practice is to allocate enough RAM so that your working set resides almost completely in memory.](https://www.g2.com/discussions/an-amazon-rds-performance-best-practice-is-to-allocate-enough-ram-so-that-your-working-set-resides-almost-completely-in-memory) — 1 comment, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "nice" ### Tiger Data No discussions available for this product. --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/amazon-relational-database-service-rds-vs-tiger-data)