Amazon RDS is AWS's managed relational database service, handling provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling so teams can run relational databases without operating the servers. It supports multiple engines including PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, and Oracle, and is aimed at teams already building on AWS. Pricing is instance and usage based, with a 12-month AWS Free Tier covering limited db.t-class hours for getting started. The service is proprietary and AWS-only, so it is not open-source, self-hostable, or multi-cloud. It carries broad compliance coverage including SOC2, ISO27001, FedRAMP, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS.
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Overview
- Founded
- 2009
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- Yes
Managed database
- Engine type
- SQL
- Free tier
- Yes: 12-month AWS Free Tier (db.t-class, limited hours).
- Serverless
- No
- Open-source
- No
- Self-hostable
- No
- Multi-cloud
- No