--- description: Review of Amazon RDS Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Amazon RDS | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Database Software](/directory/4512/database-management-systems/software) > [Amazon RDS](/software/425208/amazon-rds) # Amazon RDS Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/425208/amazon-rds Page: 1 / 10\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/425208/amazon-rds?page=2) > Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a cloud-based software that helps businesses leverage existing database engines to automate administrative tasks such as hardware provisioning, data backup, patching, failure detection and more. Managers can define parameter groups for new database (DB) instances and utilize solid-state drive (SSD) storage to specify the rates of input/output operations per second (IOPS). Amazon RDS allows enterprises to run databases in a virtual private cloud (VPC) and protect critical information through access control and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption. Administrators can use the RDS Management Console to view operational metrics, including storage capacity utilization, input/output (I/O) activities and instance connections. Additionally, the software supports database engines such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Amazon Aurora, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. Pricing is based on usage and support is extended via documentation, FAQs and other online measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 218 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 218 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Amazon Web Services - **Location**: Seattle, US - **Founded**: 2006 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$0.01 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Amazon RDS is free to try, and users only pay for what they use. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR China, India, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - API - Access Controls/Permissions - Alerts/Notifications - Automatic Backup - Backup and Recovery - Dashboard - Data Capture and Transfer - Data Dictionary Management - Data Migration - Data Replication - Data Retrieval - Data Storage Management - Data Virtualization - Mobile Access - Monitoring - Multiple Programming Languages Supported - Multitenancy - Performance Analysis - Performance Monitoring - Relational Database Management ## Integrations (2 total) - Amazon Aurora - Amazon EC2 ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Chat ## Category - [Database Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4512/database-management-systems/software) ## Related Categories - [Database Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4512/database-management-systems/software) - [Data Entry Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4529/data-entry/software) - [Data Centre Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4179/data-center-management/software) - [Database Monitoring Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4333/database-monitoring/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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You can change maximum setting at runtime . easy to setup replication here, user \& permission management is fast \& secure. > > **Cons**: No more cons except the price in compare to others only. > > I have a very good experience with AWS RDS system. ----- ### "Amazon RDS - the backbone of your AWS stack" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *6 May 2022* | Publishing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Aurora is a great port of mySQL - very compatible and super fast Prices are always going one direction: down Scalable way huge with just a few clicks Automated backups, patching, upgrades You can still do a lot of customization using PL/MYSQL The instances just stay up and running - becomes one less thing to worry about You have options: both mySQL and Postgres > > **Cons**: It's not amazingly easy to update the various variables that enable you to configure your mySQL instance. I wish it was a bit easier to get monitoring that would give you more granular insight into what's causing issues. You don't have quite as much flexibility and control over special packages you might install to do special stuff (calculating the Levenschtein distance between words, for example). > > Waaaay back in the day, we owned and managed huge machines on which we ran our database software. It was Oracle for a while, then we moved to mySQL. But the machine and the software were our problem to handle. Most of the time (because these are not new technologies), there were no problems. But when there were problems, there were huge problems. Because like many websites/apps, data is at the core of what we do. No database, and everything goes poof. Since switching to RDS, this has become a thing of the past. We tell RDS what kind of beefy setup we want, and they do the rest. The mySQL patching. The upgrades. If we want to move to a bigger instance, that's pretty straightforward, too. Database hosting at pretty large scale, with just a few clicks. And no machines to worry about. You get decent (but not amazing) visibility into the instance at any time. But, basically, what you really get is peace of mind, not having to worry that your system's most critical layer will flake out on you. That's worth a lot. Also: AWS's Aurora is a very nice port of mySQL. We've had no issues there either. ----- ### "Amazon RDS is really simple and lightweight." — 3.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *24 April 2018* | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Amazon RDS is really simple and lightweight. It is easy to use and scale up in the cloud. Easy to setup. > > **Cons**: I have not used Amazon Relational Database extensively, so I did not find any drawbacks forAmazon Relational Database. ----- ### "Simplifies a lot of database management work" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *14 April 2022* | Logistics & Supply Chain | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like how easy it is to scale RDS up and down alongside its monitoring features which can be conveniently accessed via AWS console. > > **Cons**: The burst balance limit for the underlying EBS disk gave us lots of problems. I wish this feature was more user-friendly. > > Overall, Amazon RDS has been very useful to us. It has saved us tremendous amounts of time just in the provisioning, scaling, and maintenance activities alone. ----- ### "Amazing relational database which is easy to setup and use provided you have the technical know how" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *29 July 2019* | Civic & Social Organization | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: ease of setup ease of taking snapshots no configurational drainers very easy to set up alerts for monitoring problems in the database debugging is a breeze. > > **Cons**: It is easy to get lost without an UI. also replicating databases can get stuck sometimes if you don't know what you are doing. replication can be pain depending upon whether you want (master-master) or (master-slaves) > > AWS RDS can be linked with Victorops/splunk/slack and what not to constantly monitor the state of the database and set up alerts for catching problems. 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