Amazon RDS Description

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) simplifies the process of establishing, managing, and scaling a relational database in the cloud. It offers a cost-effective and adjustable capacity while taking care of tedious administrative tasks such as hardware provisioning, setting up databases, applying patches, and performing backups. This allows you to concentrate on your applications, ensuring they achieve fast performance, high availability, security, and compatibility. Amazon RDS supports various database instance types optimized for memory, performance, or I/O, and offers a selection of six well-known database engines, including Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle Database, and SQL Server. Additionally, the AWS Database Migration Service facilitates the seamless migration or replication of your existing databases to Amazon RDS, making the transition straightforward and efficient. Overall, Amazon RDS empowers businesses to leverage robust database solutions without the burden of complex management tasks.

Pricing

Pricing Starts At:
$0.01 per month
Free Trial:
Yes

Integrations

Reviews - 3 Verified Reviews

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ease
features
design
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Company Details

Company:
Amazon
Year Founded:
1994
Headquarters:
United States
Website:
aws.amazon.com/rds/

Media

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Product Details

Platforms
Web-Based
Types of Training
Training Docs
Live Training (Online)
Webinars
Customer Support
Business Hours
Online Support

Amazon RDS Features and Options

RDBMS Software

Backup
Data Migration
Monitoring
Performance Analysis
Queries
Storage Optimization

Database Software

Backup and Recovery
Creation / Development
Data Migration
Data Replication
Data Search
Data Security
Database Conversion
Mobile Access
Monitoring
NOSQL
Performance Analysis
Queries
Relational Interface
Virtualization

Amazon RDS User Reviews

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  • Name: Rohan J.
    Job Title: Software Developer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 100 - 499
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    Ease
    Pricing
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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Database made easy

    Date: May 26 2020

    Summary: RDS can be used to create a highly scalable, secure and robust database system with very less effort. It's fully managed nature and decent pricing structure makes it well suited for any organization, small to enterprise.

    Positive: Easy to set up with minimal configuration.
    Managed service.
    Multi zone presence leads to high availability.
    Scalable based on demand.
    Automated patching and backups.
    CloudWatch integration - Better monitoring.

    Negative: Limited for advanced users as no direct access to underlying server.

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  • Name: Aman V.
    Job Title: Technical Lead
    Length of product use: Free Trial
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 20,000 or More
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Powerful Database as a service

    Date: Apr 03 2022

    Summary: Amazon RDS is a Database as a service which may not be easy to setup by new developers but makes up in the features department. It offers lots of controls and is highly reliable making it a great choice for database while developing and deploying apps on cloud.

    Positive: Reliable database.
    Highly available.
    Supports a variety of db - My, Postgre, Maria, Oracle, Ms.
    Works great with Amazon Aurora.
    Great security policies.
    Available as a part of free tier (750 hours per month usage).

    Negative: Initial setup and data migration is complex - the process should be streamlined for new users.
    Expensive.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: System Engineer
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 20,000 or More
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Managed relational database service

    Date: Sep 08 2020

    Summary: Amazon RDS is a database as a service offered by Amazon which is quite powerful. It is a convenient way for developers to plug in database into their apps on AWS.

    Positive: Amazon RDS is a relational database service. It is a part of AWS Stack and integrates well with other services.It is a reliable and powerful service with a lot of configuration options for advanced users. It is a part of free tier which allows limited free usage for first year.

    Negative: It is easy to use once setup But the setup itself is a bit complicated and not beginner friendly. Also pricing scales pretty quickly for db intensive operations like frequent updation.

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