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Alibaba ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL vs. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

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

MetricAlibaba ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL

by Alibaba

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.34.5
Review count13907
Ease of use9.19.0
Ease of setup9.09.0
Quality of support8.38.8
Meets requirements9.19.1
NPS53.84615466.164542
Small Business46.2%28.8%
Mid-Market30.8%37.5%
Enterprise23.1%33.7%
Total page views116646
Total LLM citations1722,389

Alibaba ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL

Alibaba Cloud develops highly scalable cloud computing and data management services.

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