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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs. IBM Cloud Databases for MySQL

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

MetricAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IBM Cloud Databases for MySQL

by IBM

Overall rating4.54.7
Review count90714
Ease of use9.09.3
Ease of setup9.08.6
Quality of support8.89.3
Meets requirements9.19.5
NPS66.16454284.615385
Small Business28.8%14.3%
Mid-Market37.5%28.6%
Enterprise33.7%57.1%
Total page views64679
Total LLM citations2,38966

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

IBM Cloud Databases for MySQL

IBM Cloud Databases for MySQL is a fast, easy-to-use, and flexible RDBMS. As the central component of the LAMP model, it sports a number of connectors, including Python, PHP and C++ for development needs. MySQL is a popular choice because of its flexibility and vast supported ecosystem.

Pros