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

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

MetricIBM Cloud Databases for MySQL

by IBM

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.74.5
Review count14907
Ease of use9.39.0
Ease of setup8.69.0
Quality of support9.38.8
Meets requirements9.59.1
NPS84.61538566.164542
Small Business14.3%28.8%
Mid-Market28.6%37.5%
Enterprise57.1%33.7%
Total page views79646
Total LLM citations662,389

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

    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