G2 Vendor Directory

mSQL vs. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

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

MetricmSQL

by Hughes Technologies

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overall rating4.34.5
Review count22907
Ease of use8.59.0
Ease of setup9.09.0
Quality of support7.28.8
Meets requirements8.49.1
NPS54.54545566.164542
Small Business50.0%28.8%
Mid-Market27.3%37.5%
Enterprise22.7%33.7%
Total page views20646
Total LLM citations42,389

mSQL

Mini SQL (mSQL) is our light-weight SQL Database engine technology. First released in 1994, our database technology has been incorporated into products from companies such as HP, Cisco, Tandem, Cray, EDS, TRW, General Electric, and Real Networks.

Pros

  • Reliability
  • Open Source

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