Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs. IBM Cloudant
A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.
| Metric | Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) | IBM Cloudant |
|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4.5 | 3.8 |
| Review count | 907 | 42 |
| Ease of use | 9.0 | 8.8 |
| Ease of setup | 9.0 | 9.3 |
| Quality of support | 8.8 | 8.3 |
| Meets requirements | 9.1 | 8.8 |
| NPS | 66.164542 | 2.564103 |
| Small Business | 28.8% | 45.2% |
| Mid-Market | 37.5% | 23.8% |
| Enterprise | 33.7% | 31.0% |
| Total page views | 646 | 96 |
| Total LLM citations | 2,389 | 106 |
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.
- Ease of Use
- Scalability
- Setup Ease
- Security
- Backup Services
- Reliability
IBM Cloudant
Fully Managed — IBM Cloud service provides a fully managed, distributed JSON document database. Instantly deploy an instance, create databases, and independently scale throughput capacity and data storage to meet your application requirements. IBM expertise takes away the pain of hardware and software provisioning, patching and upgrades, while offering a 99.95 percent SLA. Secure — Cloudant is ISO27001, SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and HIPAA ready. All data is encrypted over the wire and at rest with optional user-defined key management through IBM Key Protect.