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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs. Azure SQL Managed Instance

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon RDS

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) from Amazon Web Services.N/A

    Azure SQL Managed Instance

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AAzure SQL Managed Instance is a scalable cloud database service that combines SQL Server database engine compatibility with a fully managed and evergreen platform as a service.N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon RDSAzure SQL Managed Instance
    Editions & Modules
    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)
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon RDSAzure SQL Managed Instance
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon RDSAzure SQL Managed Instance
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon RDS
    I have used other cloud providers databases too but RDS provides various flavors that other cloud providers do not provide. It also provides better network security compared to other PaaS database solutions provides.
    Incentivized
    Microsoft
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Amazon RDSAzure SQL Managed Instance
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Azure SQL Managed Instance
    Feature
    Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
    -
    Ratings
    Azure SQL Managed Instance
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Scalability00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Platform management overhead00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Platform access control00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Development environment creation00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Development environment replication00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Issue recovery00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon RDSAzure SQL Managed Instance
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (130 ratings)
    6.0
    (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)