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Amazon RDS Delivers!
September 18, 2023

Amazon RDS Delivers!

Charlie Matar | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

Amazon RDS helps our company simplify its cloud database in regard to scaling and operation. We can operate more databases with RDS and maintain database backups with ease. The scope we use RDS for the most is viewing I/O metrics and capacity. That way, we only pay for what we need.
  • Cost
  • Automatic Database Backups.
  • Scalability
  • Slight learning curve.
  • Deployment can be tricky at first.
  • UI could be better.
  • High Level of Security.
  • Various Monitoring Features.
  • High Availability.
  • Cost-Effective Storage.
Oracle Database can be more expensive in comparison to Amazon RDS. This may be because of licensing fees. Installation can be a bit messy and take longer than necessary. The user interface could also use some work when compared to Amazon RDS. Some companies will need a DBA to manage the Oracle Database.

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

Amazon RDS is well suited for dealing with many different kinds of relational databases. This includes popular ones such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL. RDS lets users at my company easily manage, configure, and backup instances when it fits the situation.it is less appropriate for logs. RDS does not provide a full set of logs when debugging.