Amazon RDS
Managed relational databases on AWS
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Amazon RDS is a fully managed relational database service that simplifies setup, operation, and scaling of multiple database engines on AWS.
- for
- Developers and enterprises needing managed relational databases on AWS
- pricing
- freemium · free trial
Key features
- Automated management — Handles provisioning, configuration, backups, and patching automatically.
- Multi-AZ high availability — Provides automated failover with Multi-AZ deployments for resilience.
- Engine choice — Supports eight database engines including Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, and Db2.
- Flexible deployment — Offers on-premises (Outposts), custom OS/database environments, and proxy services.
- Scalable storage — Provides General Purpose SSD and Provisioned IOPS storage options up to 64 TiB.
- Pricing flexibility — Pay-as-you-go on-demand, Reserved Instances, and Free Tier with no minimum fees.
Use cases
- Run production web and mobile app back-ends with automatic scaling
- Migrate legacy on-prem databases to a managed cloud service
- Deploy high-performance Aurora for cost-effective commercial workloads
- Use RDS Custom for applications requiring OS-level customization
Amazon RDS vs alternatives
 Amazon RDS |  Azure SQL Database |  Amazon Redshift |  Snowflake |  PlanetScale | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Managed relational databases with high availability | Managed SQL on Azure | Cloud data warehousing | Scalable cloud data platform | Hosted MySQL/Postgres with scaling |
| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription | Subscription |
| DevHunt upvotes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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- Amazon RDS vs Azure SQL Database: Azure SQL Database is a managed SQL service on Microsoft Azure, not AWS.
- Amazon RDS vs Amazon Redshift: Amazon Redshift is a data warehouse, focused on analytics rather than transactional workloads.
- Amazon RDS vs Snowflake: Snowflake is a multi-cloud data platform with separate compute and storage layers.
- Amazon RDS vs PlanetScale: PlanetScale offers a hosted MySQL/Postgres service built for horizontal scaling, but is not an AWS service.
Amazon RDS FAQ
How is Amazon RDS priced?+
RDS is free to try and you pay only for what you use, with on-demand or reserved instance options and a free tier for eligible usage.
What does the AWS Free Tier include for RDS?+
Up to 12 months of single-AZ instance usage (750 hours/month) for MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server Express, plus 20 GB of SSD storage and 20 GB of backup storage.
Can I use existing SQL Server licenses with RDS?+
Yes, BYOM (Bring Your Own Media) lets you use existing licenses via Microsoft’s License Mobility program.
What storage options are available?+
General Purpose SSD (20 GiB-64 TiB) for most workloads and Provisioned IOPS SSD for I/O-intensive workloads.
Summarized by DevHunt from aws.amazon.com · Nov 7, 2026. Details may change; check the official site.
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