G2 Vendor Directory

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs. IBM Db2

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

MetricAmazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IBM Db2

by IBM

Overall rating4.54.1
Review count907684
Ease of use9.08.3
Ease of setup9.08.0
Quality of support8.88.3
Meets requirements9.18.7
NPS66.16454236
Small Business28.8%13.2%
Mid-Market37.5%20.8%
Enterprise33.7%66.0%
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Total LLM citations2,3893,844

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 Db2

Built to run the world’s mission-critical workloads. Designed by the world’s leading database experts, IBM Db2 empowers developers, enterprise architects, and data engineers to run low-latency transactions and real-time analytics equipped for the most demanding workloads. From microservices to AI workloads, Db2 is the tested, resilient, and hybrid database providing the extreme availability, built-in refined security, effortless scalability, and intelligent automation for systems that run the world.

Pros

  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
  • Security
  • Customer Support