Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs. Amazon SimpleDB

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

288 Reviews and Ratings

Amazon SimpleDB

2 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Amazon RDS	Score8.7 out of 10	N/A	Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) from Amazon Web Services.	N/A
Amazon SimpleDB	Score8 out of 10	N/A	Amazon SimpleDB is a non-relational data store and service.	$0 per GB allowance

Pricing

Amazon RDS

Amazon SimpleDB

Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL: $0.24 ($0.48)
per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
Amazon RDS for MariaDB: $0.25 ($0.50)
per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
Amazon RDS for MySQL: $0.29 ($0.58)
per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
Amazon RDS for Oracle: $0.482 ($0.964)
per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
Amazon RDS for SQL Server: $1.02 ($1.52)
per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)

Machine Utilization: $0.00 for first 25 hours $0.14 per machine hour over 25 hours
per GB allowance
Structured Data Storage: $0.00 for first GB-month $0.25 per GB-month thereafter
per GB allowance
Free Tier: 25 SimpleDB Machine Hours and 1 GB of Storage for free each month
per GB allowance
Data Transfer: All data transfer in is $0.00 per GB
per GB allowance

Pricing Offerings
Amazon RDS	Amazon SimpleDB
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Optional

No setup fee

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User Ratings
	Amazon RDS	Amazon SimpleDB
Likelihood to Recommend	8.8 (130 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.4 (5 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	8.0 (7 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Availability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	7.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	9.6 (13 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Online Training	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	9.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)