Amazon RDS vs DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Amazon RDS
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DigitalOcean Managed Databases
digitalocean.comSide by side
| Figure | Amazon RDS | DigitalOcean Managed Databases |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 6 | 9 |
| Spec score · Relational Databases | 8.8 (#5) | 7.8 (#21) |
| Spec score · Databases And Backend | 8.8 (#5) | 7.7 (#23) |
| Spec score · Database Software | 8.8 (#14) | 7.8 (#54) |
| Founded | 2006 | 2012 |
| Free plan | No | No |
| What it does | Amazon RDS is a managed relational database service that sets up, operates and scales databases in AWS while handling common administration. | Managed Databases provides fully managed database clusters as an alternative to manually installing, configuring, maintaining, and securing databases. |
Plans
Amazon RDS
- AWS Free TierFree
- AWS Free Tier for RDSFree
- On-demandPrice not published
- On-Demand InstancesPrice not published
- Reserved InstancePrice not published
- Reserved InstancesPrice not published
DigitalOcean Managed Databases
- PostgreSQL Standard 1 GiB$15.15 a month
- MySQL Standard 1 GiB$15.15 a month
- MongoDB 1 GiB$15.23 a month
- Managed Valkey$15 a month
- Managed MySQL Standard$15.15 a month
- Managed PostgreSQL Standard$15.15 a month
- Managed MongoDB$15.23 a month
- Managed OpenSearch$19.60 a month
- Managed Kafka$148.80 a month
In their own words
Amazon RDS
Amazon RDS has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
DigitalOcean Managed Databases
DigitalOcean Managed Databases has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.