Amazon RDS
Managed relational database service that automates setup, operation, and scaling
- Also known as
- amazon-rds
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Amazon RDS?
AWS 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.
Amazon RDS pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free 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 Tier
Free$100 in AWS credits at sign-up, valid for up to 12 months; eligible services include Aurora. Additional $100 in credits available. For new signups after July 15, 2025: choice of Free Plan or Paid Plan.
- free_tier_credits
- first year
- storage_per_cluster
- 1 GiB
- aurora_serverless_capacity
- up to 4 ACUs
- Aurora PostgreSQL serverless instances
- Database automation (provisioning, backup, patching)
Aurora Serverless (On-Demand)
Auto-scaling configuration that adjusts database capacity based on application needs in real-time
- Automatic scaling to hundreds of thousands of transactions per second
- Multi-AZ deployments
- Read replicas
- Global Database support
- All Aurora features
Aurora Reserved Instances
Commitment-based pricing for predictable workloads with significant savings over on-demand
- 1-year commitment term
- Designated to specific AWS Region and instance type
- Billed for every hour of term regardless of running status
Add-ons
- CPU Credits$0.09 per vCPU-hour
- Data API
- RDS Extended Support
- Database Savings Plans
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
Integrations (15)
Independently observed- 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
Amazon RDS alternatives
Other managed databases we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- MongoDB AtlasA fully managed database service providing flexible document storage and integrated data services across multiple cloud platformslow · 42%
- AivenHosted ClickHouse with automatic operations management and compliance certifications includedmedium · 61%
- Redis CloudA fully managed in-memory database service delivering ultra-low latency operations at scale across multiple cloud providershigh · 75%
- Azure SQL DatabaseA fully managed cloud database service that automates infrastructure operations.low · 34%
- Timescale Cloudlow · 44%
- Google Cloud SQLA managed database service offering high availability and automatic failover for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server hosted on Google Cloudlow · 36%
Compare Amazon RDS
Side by side against other managed databases, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Amazon RDS, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security posture | 100 | 0.07 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.08 | 6.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.07 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 35 | 0.04 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 15 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.99 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |