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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs. IBM Cloud Databases

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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

    IBM Cloud Databases

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Databases are open source data stores for enterprise application development. Built on a Kubernetes foundation, they offer a database platform for serverless applications. They are designed to scale storage and compute resources seamlessly without being constrained by the limits of a single server. Natively integrated and available in the IBM Cloud console, these databases are now available through a consistent consumption, pricing, and interaction model. They aim to provide a cohesive…N/A
    Pricing
    Amazon RDSIBM Cloud Databases
    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 RDSIBM Cloud Databases
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon RDSIBM Cloud Databases
    Considered Both Products
    Amazon AWS
    Chose Amazon RDS
    RDS has better security and is much more configurable, likewise more complex and not for inexperienced users.
    Incentivized
    IBM
    Chose IBM Cloud Databases
    While at the time, Amazon RDS did/does not create Mongo databases, I was able to set up many with PostgreSQL databases with the same ease as IBM Compose. However, IBM compose does seem to offer a more intuitive application control panel. Amazon RDS costs run on a server …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Databases
    Amazon RDS, but this product is way too expensive for most of startup.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Databases
    The reason why I choose IBM Cloud Databases is that the IBM cloud toolset is already being used in other functions of the company and by using IBM Cloud Databases, the other cloud tools are better embedded and integrated. If the company is set to use amazon tools, I would go …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Databases
    It was very easy to set up at the time with a few clicks to get a database set up and hooked into Heroku, one of the PaaS-s we're using.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Databases
    MongoDB is the primary db we use, and Meteor is the primary application framework. Configuring MongoDB to fully support Meteor oplog tailing is a challenge - and when we started looking, Compose was those only MongoDB provider that had turnkey support for Meteor.

    Since we wanted …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Databases
    • Supported by IBM
    • Clean and better UI experience
    • Supports Digital Ocean
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Cloud Databases
    We use Amazon's RDS (MySQL database), Redislabs (Redis) and also MongoDB's Atlas. They all have their own advantages and disadvantages. For us, MongoDB's Atlas and Compose are obviously similar services. For now, we use Atlas to try new things (since they run the latest stable …
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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 RDSIBM Cloud Databases
    Database-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Database-as-a-Service features of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and IBM Cloud Databases
    Feature
    Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
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    Ratings
    IBM Cloud Databases
    7.0
    93 Ratings
    Automatic software patching00 Ratings8.577 Ratings
    Database scalability00 Ratings8.587 Ratings
    Automated backups00 Ratings6.890 Ratings
    Database security provisions00 Ratings8.783 Ratings
    Monitoring and metrics00 Ratings4.287 Ratings
    Automatic host deployment00 Ratings5.269 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Amazon RDSIBM Cloud Databases
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (130 ratings)
    8.1
    (95 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (13 ratings)
    1.0
    (10 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)