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136 Ratings
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Oracle Autonomous Database
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112 Ratings
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Feature Set Ratings
Database-as-a-Service
8.7
Amazon RDS
87%
Oracle Autonomous Database
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) ranks higher in 6/6 features
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) ranks higher in 6/6 features
Automatic software patching
9.1
91%
16 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Database scalability
9.6
96%
16 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Automated backups
9.3
93%
16 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Database security provisions
8.7
87%
15 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Monitoring and metrics
7.7
77%
16 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Automatic host deployment
8.0
80%
12 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Database Development
Amazon RDS
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
6.9
Oracle Autonomous Database
69%
Oracle Autonomous Database ranks higher in 5/5 features
Oracle Autonomous Database ranks higher in 5/5 features
Version control tools
N/A
0 Ratings
6.2
62%
13 Ratings
Test data generation
N/A
0 Ratings
5.9
59%
15 Ratings
Performance optimization tools
N/A
0 Ratings
8.0
80%
22 Ratings
Schema maintenance
N/A
0 Ratings
7.5
75%
21 Ratings
Database change management
N/A
0 Ratings
7.1
71%
16 Ratings
Database Administration
Amazon RDS
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
7.2
Oracle Autonomous Database
72%
Oracle Autonomous Database ranks higher in 4/4 features
Oracle Autonomous Database ranks higher in 4/4 features
User management
N/A
0 Ratings
6.9
69%
22 Ratings
Database security
N/A
0 Ratings
8.2
82%
22 Ratings
Database status reporting
N/A
0 Ratings
7.5
75%
22 Ratings
Change management
N/A
0 Ratings
6.3
63%
17 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Usability
Likelihood to Recommend
9.3
Amazon RDS
93%
51 Ratings
8.8
Oracle Autonomous Database
88%
55 Ratings
Likelihood to Renew
Amazon RDS
N/A
0 Ratings
9.0
Oracle Autonomous Database
90%
2 Ratings
Usability
9.9
Amazon RDS
99%
4 Ratings
8.0
Oracle Autonomous Database
80%
1 Rating
Support Rating
9.2
Amazon RDS
92%
24 Ratings
Oracle Autonomous Database
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Amazon RDS
Whether your organization is [an] early startup or large company AWS RDS fits in most of the cases such as 1. Easy to start, setup, used by [a] few or large developers team. 2. You can easily scale DB [instances] when your business required scaling as a startup or pay only for [users] to optimize cost as [a] large organization. 3. If your application requires SQL Server, Oracle, or Maria DB then you should use AWS RDS instance. 4. Your application requires better availability and security of data you can use AWS RDS instance. When AWS RDS is not recommended: 1. You need automatic scaling or capacity flexibility as request load gradually increases, better to use Amazon Aurora DB in this case.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Financial Services Company, 201-500 employeesOracle Autonomous Database
Pro - Stability. Does everything anyone could need. If it's not there it will be on the next update. There is plenty of support for it. It's been around for a long time and it's reliable. The support is well documented and has a great reputation.Cons - Errors have been found in the documentation provided by Oracle with guidelines, etc. Oracles salespeople have a reputation of being obnoxious and condescending.
Design Engineer
The JBL GroupComputer & Network Security, 11-50 employees
Pros
Amazon RDS
- Setting up and managing a new RDS is just a matter of few clicks.
- Maintaining different version of backup is just like a matter of turning on and off.
- Automatic minor update of database.
- Best restore:- You can even restore to 1 second before time.
Software Engineer
AtlantisInternet, 11-50 employees
Oracle Autonomous Database
- Robust - this product doesn't have a lot of downtime. It's less prone to errors than some other tools I've worked with.
- Scalable - we can keep adding more things to it. We haven't hit any roadblocks when we've tried to do more with our database.
Manager - Merchandising Application Development
Burlington Stores, Inc.Retail, 10,001+ employees
Cons
Amazon RDS
- You don't have os-level or hardware-level access to the system, so all your performance tuning needs to be done within your application or within the parameters of the database engine that amazon allows you to customize.
- Customizations/Extensions to the database engines are impossible, as you don't have OS-level access.
- Migrating in/out of RDS with zero down time can be relatively challenging from a configuration and execution perspective, depending on your infrastructure.

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employeesOracle Autonomous Database
- There is no access to the physical host of the DB. This is expected from a managed DB. Everything must be done through the console or via API calls. This is a new learning curve for the DBAs.
- Due to the lack of physical host access, certain features are not supported, such as Transportable tablespaces and Oracle LogMiner.
- Certain special data types, (such as XMLType) are not allowed; be sure the app vendor certifies their product on this platform.
Project Leader, Data Infrastructure Services
New York UniversityHigher Education, 10,001+ employees
Pricing Details
Amazon RDS
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Free to try. Pay only for what you use with no minimum fee.
Starting Price
$0 per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
Amazon RDS Editions & Modules
Edition
Amazon RDS for MySQL | $0.29 ($0.58)1 |
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Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL | $0.24 ($0.48)1 |
Amazon RDS for MariaDB | $0.25 ($0.50)1 |
Amazon RDS for Oracle | $0.482 ($0.964)1 |
Amazon RDS for SQL Server | $1.02 ($1.52)1 |
- per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
Additional Pricing Details
—Oracle Autonomous Database
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Starting Price
—Oracle Autonomous Database Editions & Modules
—
Additional Pricing Details
—Likelihood to Renew
Amazon RDS
No score
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Oracle Autonomous Database
Oracle Autonomous Database 9.0
Based on 2 answers
Because it does exactly what we need: it enables us to manage our development and testing database environments in a quick and simple way without requiring support from a database administrators team.
Independent Software Consultant
Kapsch Trafficcom Argentina S.A.Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Usability
Amazon RDS
Amazon RDS 9.9
Based on 4 answers
I've been using AWS Relational Database Services in several projects in different environments and from the AWS products, maybe this one together to EC2 are my favourite. They deliver what they promise. Reliable, fast, easy and with a fair price (in comparison to commercial products which have obscure license agreements).
Senior Devops Engineer
SOTIComputer & Network Security, 1001-5000 employees
Oracle Autonomous Database
Oracle Autonomous Database 8.0
Based on 1 answer
The product is continuously evolving and new features are added frequently. Management options through the OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) console and through the command line and API are being enhanced frequently.
Independent Software Consultant
Kapsch Trafficcom Argentina S.A.Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Support Rating
Amazon RDS
Amazon RDS 9.2
Based on 24 answers
I have only had good experiences in working with AWS support. I will admit that my experience comes from the benefit of having a premium tier of support but even working with free-tier accounts I have not had problems getting help with AWS products when needed. And most often, the docs do a pretty good job of explaining how to operate a service so a quick spin through the docs has been useful in solving problems.
Senior Systems Reliability Engineer
The Walt Disney CompanyEntertainment, 10,001+ employees
Oracle Autonomous Database
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Amazon RDS
[Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)] is much better to have everything in the cloud instead of having it on-premise once you can get all the benefits from Cloud. Of course, it can be a bit expensive if your company it's not growing anymore but if you check it in detail, you can see that the scalability of Cloud makes a lot of sense and also the reliability.

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Computer Software Company, 11-50 employeesOracle Autonomous Database
I found Oracle Autonomous Database very secure to store data and private information.I always feel secure with Oracle Autonomous Databases disaster recovery features.It is very effective to build applications for mobile and desktop devices lesser code using a low code development framework namely Oracle Application Express (ApEx).

Verified User
Account Manager in Sales
Information Technology & Services Company, 501-1000 employeesReturn on Investment
Amazon RDS
- RDS has made sure that we don't spend a lot of time resolving issues that are not even remotely relevant to our business use-cases. It has thus made the life of DB administrators easy which allows them to explore other avenues as well.
- Using RDS for around 10 years now, we have never had an issue BECAUSE of RDS. It is a very reliable service.
Software Developer
ezDIHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 201-500 employees
Oracle Autonomous Database
- Oracle Autonomous Database has a wide range of warehouses, which is competent and of high performance.
- The transactional processing power that Oracle Autonomous Database outlines are completely important and digital.
- The efficiency of Oracle Autonomous Database data encryption fosters security measures, a form that demands more threat detectors.
Information Technology Consultant
FCCI Insurance GroupInsurance, 1001-5000 employees