G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs. CockroachDB

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

MetricAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

CockroachDB

by Cockroach Labs

Overall rating4.54.3
Review count90729
Ease of use9.09.0
Ease of setup9.09.2
Quality of support8.89.2
Meets requirements9.18.9
NPS66.16454255.555556
Small Business28.8%55.2%
Mid-Market37.5%34.5%
Enterprise33.7%10.3%
Total page views646429
Total LLM citations2,3893,436

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

CockroachDB

Overview Cockroach Labs is the creator of CockroachDB, the cloud-native, resilient, distributed SQL database enterprises worldwide trust to run mission-critical AI and other applications that scale fast, avert and survive disaster, and thrive everywhere. It runs on the Big 3 clouds, on prem, and in hybrid configurations powering Fortune 500, Forbes Global 2000, and Inc.

Pros

  • Scalability
  • Database Management
  • Performance
  • Ease of Use
  • High Availability
  • Flexibility