G2 Vendor Directory

Actian Zen vs. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricActian Zen

by Actian Corporation

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.34.5
Review count12907
Ease of use7.19.0
Ease of setup9.39.0
Quality of support7.68.8
Meets requirements8.69.1
NPS58.33333366.164542
Small Business25.0%28.8%
Mid-Market50.0%37.5%
Enterprise25.0%33.7%
Total page views220646
Total LLM citations4732,389

Actian Zen

Actian Zen is a NoSQL and SQL (fully ANSI compliant) embedded database that runs on Windows, Linux, Android, iOS, macOS, in VMs and Containers with AES 256-bit encryption. Version footprints range from 5MB (client only) to 50 MB (embedded client-server) to 200MB (client-server, SaaS-ready) and support up to 64TB tables. NoETL between versions. Use C/C++/C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Delphi, or Basic and connect to any ODBC/JDBC, ASP.Net source or destination.

Pros

    Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

    Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while managing time-consuming database administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching and backups. It frees you up to focus on your apps so you can give them the better performance, availability, security, and compatibility they need. Amazon RDS is available on 6 familiar database instances: Amazon Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle Database and SQL Server engines.

    Pros

    • Ease of Use
    • Scalability
    • Setup Ease
    • Security
    • Backup Services
    • Reliability