Amazon RDS Alternatives

4.6(386 Ratings)

Cloud Database Management Systems

Considering alternatives to Amazon RDS? See what this market Amazon RDS users also considered in their purchasing decision. When evaluating different solutions, potential buyers compare competencies in categories such as evaluation and contracting, integration and deployment, service and support, and specific product capabilities.

Check out real reviews verified by Gartner to see how Amazon RDS compares to its competitors and find the best software or service for your organization.

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1. SQL Server

4.5

Our overall experience with Microsoft SQL Server has been consistently positive in enterprise environments that require stability, performance and strong transactional integrity. It has proven to be a reliable relational database platform for both operational systems and reporting workloads. From a development and testing perspective , SQL server provides strong tooling , predictable performance and mature administrative capabilities. It integrates well with enterprise ecosystems and supports structured deployment practices. While newer cloud -native platforms offer additional scalability flexibility , SQL Server continues to deliver dependable performance for structured data systems.Read all insights and reviews for SQL Server

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2. MongoDB Atlas

4.5

The whole team at MongoDB have supported the selection, training of our staff, networked the team into the global community, enabled a dynamic contact that works with us as we grow, made available development and productions resource and support our organisation strategically for our data centralisation long term planning Read all insights and reviews for MongoDB Atlas

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3. Oracle AI Database

4.5

As a user of the program, I like the easy-to-use tile system however it takes time to navigate and remember what tile to find things in. Read all insights and reviews for Oracle AI Database

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4. Teradata VantageCloud

4.6

Over the nine years we have been a customer of Teradata they have always done their best to meet our needs. While not always perfect, there are many occasions in which they have gone above and beyond to assist us, whether through sales, technical support, or product development.Read all insights and reviews for Teradata VantageCloud

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5. Oracle MySQL HeatWave

4.5

Overall, I have been happy with MySQL since I started using it 5 years ago. One of the nice things about it is that it includes design and development components in one place.Read all insights and reviews for Oracle MySQL HeatWave

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6. Amazon Redshift

By Amazon Web Services (AWS)

4.4

Although Redshift is a bit archaic and lagging in terms of configuration and technology when compared to its competitors, Redshift has always been reliable and performant. Read all insights and reviews for Amazon Redshift

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7. Amazon Aurora

By Amazon Web Services (AWS)

4.6

Exceptional alternative to traditional database services as this aws backed database works significantly better compared to traditional ones with scalable storage and lower latencies, helping to maintain database availability and reliability even more Read all insights and reviews for Amazon Aurora

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8. SAP HANA Cloud

By SAP

4.3

We are very happy with the product as it is easy to access through launchpad and insights, data storage and retrieval times.Read all insights and reviews for SAP HANA Cloud

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