# Amazon RDS

> Managed relational database service that automates setup, operation, and scaling

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/amazon-rds
- **Category:** Managed Databases
- **Homepage:** https://aws.amazon.com/rds/
- **Also known as:** amazon-rds
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-19T14:47:32.519Z

## Vioscale score

**71.9 / 100**, confidence 60% (medium). Computed 2026-09-01.

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| price_level | 80 | 0.052 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| reliability | 49.5 | 0.073 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| capabilities | 0 | 0.04877777777777778 | 0 | - |
| integrations | 34.6 | 0.04066666666666666 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 100 | 0.073 | 7.3 | ✓ |
| pricing_transparency | 80 | 0.084 | 6.7 | ✓ |

## Pricing

_As of 2026-08-19, [verify at source](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/). Independently observed._

Hybrid · Free tier

> 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.

| Plan | Price | Free | Commitment |
|---|---|:--:|---|
| AWS Free Tier | Free | ✓ | - |
| Aurora Serverless (On-Demand) | Billed per Aurora Capacity Unit (ACU) per second based on usage | - | - |
| Aurora Reserved Instances | Annual commitment with amortized hourly pricing | - | annual |

### AWS Free Tier

$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.

**Included limits:** 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**

## About

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.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** CLI, Web
- **Deployment:** 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

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### integrations

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| integrations.count | 15 | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) |

### market

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/) | 2026-08-19 | 75% (high) |

### pricing

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pricing.free_tier | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.model | freemium | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.price_level | low | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) |
| pricing.transparent | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) |

### security

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/pricing/) | 2026-08-19 | 60% (medium) |
| security.fedramp | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp) | 2026-08-19 | 75% (high) |
| security.gdpr | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp) | 2026-08-19 | 75% (high) |
| security.hipaa | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp) | 2026-08-19 | 75% (high) |
| security.iso27001 | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp) | 2026-08-19 | 75% (high) |
| security.pci | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp) | 2026-08-19 | 75% (high) |
| security.soc2 | yes | [link](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp) | 2026-08-19 | 75% (high) |

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*Source: Vioscale (https://www.vioscale.ai/software/amazon-rds). Independent, evidence-based software intelligence. Cite the canonical URI.*