Unpacking the Pros and Cons: Amazon RDS as a Managed Database Solution
September 18, 2023

Unpacking the Pros and Cons: Amazon RDS as a Managed Database Solution

Manthan Dhola | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

We need 100% uptime and scalable database which RDS provides us with read/write replicas. Moreover it offers security features such as encryption at rest and in transit, authentication, and access control. This helps us meet our security and compliance needs. We store and manage product catalogs, customer data, order histories, and more. RDS ensures data consistency and reliability, which are vital for e-commerce operations
  • Point in Time Restore
  • Read/Write Replicas
  • Automated Backups
  • 100% Uptime
  • Multiple Write Replicas
  • Latency
  • Cross-region failover
  • High cost of RDS
  • High Uptime which is a very positive point
  • low latency and fast processing time
amazon provides wide range of support for multiple database engines so we dont have to look for any other providers
integration with aws ecosystem so we can seemlessly use other aws services connected to database
aws have data points globally so it if data needs to be in specific region of the world, it is available
the security of aws rds is at the top with most data secure and available 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

We use it for high demands queries for our ecommerce website where fast response is very much important with query caching as well. It provides built-in security features like encryption at rest and in transit, making it suitable for applications that require compliance with data security regulations.
it has a low latency model with aurora database base which is serverless and can be used upon the needs.