Amazon RDS vs Redis Cloud
On the evidence we track, Amazon RDS leads this comparison with a composite score of 72/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for managed databases. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Amazon RDS
LeaderAWS RDS is a fully managed database service that handles provisioning, configuration, backup, and patching automatically. It supports multiple database engines and scales on-demand to match application usage, allowing databases to be created and managed in minutes.
Redis Cloud
Managed Redis deployed on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud with sub-millisecond read/write latency, automatic failover, and multi-region active-active replication for production-grade reliability. Supports diverse data structures and real-time workloads from caching to AI feature pipelines.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Amazon RDS
LeaderFree tier with $100 AWS credits for 12 months. Hybrid pricing: serverless billed per ACU/second, reserved instances with annual commitment, on-demand per hour. Pricing varies by region and instance type.
- AWS Free TierFree
- Aurora PostgreSQL serverless instances
- Database automation (provisioning, backup, patching)
- Aurora Serverless (On-Demand)Billed per Aurora Capacity Unit (ACU) per second based on usage
- Automatic scaling to hundreds of thousands of transactions per second
- Multi-AZ deployments
- Read replicas
- Global Database support
- All Aurora features
- Aurora Reserved InstancesAnnual commitment with amortized hourly pricing
- 1-year commitment term
- Designated to specific AWS Region and instance type
- Billed for every hour of term regardless of running status
Redis Cloud
Usage-based pricing via calculator; Flex data tiering available at up to 80% lower cost vs. RAM-only. High Availability ~2x base price.
- EssentialsFree
- Pro-
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
Amazon RDS
Leader- Amazon Aurora
- Amazon EC2
- Amazon EBS
- AWS CloudWatch
- AWS CloudFormation
- AWS Config
- Amazon S3
- AWS IAM
- AWS Outposts
- AWS Graviton3
- Amazon QuickSight
- Amazon Redshift
- AWS Artifact
- Amazon GuardDuty
- AWS Audit Manager
Redis Cloud
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MariaDB
- Percona XtraDB
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MongoDB
- Cassandra
- Google Cloud SQL
- Oracle
- Datadog
- New Relic
- Grafana
- Prometheus
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.