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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) provides the best service among its competitors!
October 05, 2023

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) provides the best service among its competitors!

Mohit Trivedi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

RDS performs frequent backups of your database, and you may configure retention rules to control how long backups are kept. RDS makes it simple to extend our database instance vertically by switching instance types or horizontally by adding read replicas. AWS takes care of the underlying infrastructure, including hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups of our business.
  • Regular backups of database.
  • Database is available even if there is hardware and network issues.
  • We can control access to your RDS instances through security groups and network access control lists
  • RDS price may be complicated, with various aspects such as instance type, storage, I/O operations, and data transmission influencing costs
  • RDS may lag in supporting the most recent versions of database engines.
  • RDS decreases the administrative load associated with database administration greatly.
  • RDS enables you to swiftly provision and scale database instances, allowing for quicker application development and deployment.
Amazon RDS supports a wider range of database engines, including MySQL,
PostgreSQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and Amazon Aurora (MySQL and
PostgreSQL-compatible) than Google Cloud SQL. When compared to Google Cloud SQL, AWS provides a larger global footprint with additional availability zones and regions, potentially providing greater geographical redundancy and availability choices.

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

RDS is a great option for hosting the database backbone of online applications such as content management systems, e-commerce sites, and social media platforms. Amazon Aurora, a highly performant and scalable database engine, is supported by Amazon RDS. RDS is primarily intended for use with relational databases. Consider Amazon DynamoDB or other NoSQL database services if your application requires a NoSQL database with flexible schemas.