Great value for any sized team
September 12, 2019

Great value for any sized team

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service

Amazon Web Services Relational Database Service (RDS) is being used as our production data store running MySQL. We use it to store user information, click information, billing information. Additionally, we have a separate instance running PostgreSQL and storing some of our proprietary objects used to emit streams for our core business model.

Pros

  • Managed - RDS is entirely managed for us
  • Scalable - It is incredibly easy to scale an RDS instance
  • Support - AWS support is top-notch

Cons

  • Since RDS is managed, you are never truly a superuser, you just have admin privileges.
  • Lack of direct access to MySQL files and whatnot.
  • Downtime is scheduled on their schedule rather than yours.
  • We no longer have to pay for a database administrator.
  • We no longer have to manage our own backups or upgrades.
  • We are hoping to transition to AWS Aurora, and they have a builtin tool for that.
Amazon support is always top-notch. You get immediate feedback on whatever you are working through and given several resources on how to resolve them. Additionally, they are able to do some things for us, meaning we don't need to have a database administrator around at all time to implement their suggestions.

Do you think Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) again?

Yes

Any production database needs could benefit from Amazon Relation Database Service. You can pick any engine you want, and it is entirely managed for you. It is especially good for small teams who do not have or cannot afford a database administrator. It has been useful in that way for us.

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