dotConnect for MySQL vs. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

dotConnect for MySQL is a high-performance ADO.NET data provider that grants simple access to MySQL and MariaDB databases when developing MySQL-based applications. It fully supports Entity Framework (EF Core), Dapper, and NHibernate, along with a wide range of MySQL-specific features, such as secure SSL and SSH connections, embedded servers, compression protocol, HTTP tunneling, and others. - Broad compatibility with various MySQL and MariaDB versions and .NET platforms - ORM support: EF Core, Dapper, NHibernate, LinqConnect, etc.

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.