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Team Lead at Midland Credit Management, Inc.
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A scalable and resilient solution with a support team that provides timely support
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is scalable and can be configured with AWS Secrets Manager."
  • "If we do not keep track of our costs, we might face some problems."

What is our primary use case?

I use the solution to store the data of the applications we run on AWS Lambda.

What is most valuable?

The solution is scalable and can be configured with AWS Secrets Manager. So our password is secure. Also, due to Amazon RDS Multi-AZ, other nodes are available for us if we face a problem in a particular zone. This functionality makes the solution resilient.

What needs improvement?

If we do not keep track of our costs, we might face some problems.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for more than three years.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is quite stable. We haven't seen any issues in the last three years. Since we are using Amazon RDS Multi-AZ, other nodes are available on the machine, even if the solution is down. I rate the stability an eight out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate the scalability a seven out of ten. Multiple teams in our organization are using the solution.

How are customer service and support?

We get a timely response from the support team when we raise issues.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is quite easy. If we know the configuration, we can run the system, and our database will be ready in 10 to 15 minutes.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

If we use the product wisely, we can optimize the cost. The cost depends on the kind of instance we use.

What other advice do I have?

The solution helps us to provide a serverless database. There are multiple servers available in case someone has a high workload. We must understand whether our application is a read-heavy application or a write-heavy application. Accordingly, we must choose the right instance. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

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reviewer963066 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Database Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Good overall features, a good community version, and an easy initial setup
Pros and Cons
  • "The provisioning is much faster. You don't have to prepare hardware or install software. You just need to create an instance and you have a database."
  • "A lot of the features are disabled by default. The solution should enable more features. I understand this could cause challenges to management for many clients using RDS, however."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily have many tools, including Jira, that are currently using RDS. It's mainly used by developers.

How has it helped my organization?

The provisioning is much faster. You don't have to prepare hardware or install software. You just need to create an instance and you have a database.

What is most valuable?

The RDS is a community version, so there are many common features that are basic. It's not an enterprise version, but all the features are very good overall.

What needs improvement?

A lot of the features are disabled by default. The solution should enable more features. I understand this could cause challenges to management for many clients using RDS, however.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for less than a year, but some people on my team have been using it longer.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability os really good. I like it.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We haven't expanded on the solution, so I'm unsure about if it would scale well or not. We have a bunch of teams using the solution in the company, but they're small.

How are customer service and technical support?

We haven't contacted technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We are currently using a lot of other solutions as well. We have Oracle, we have PP2, and MySQL. We have a secret server as well.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is straightforward. Deployment took about ten minutes.

What about the implementation team?

We handled the deployment ourselves.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We use the community version of the solution. I believe we only pay for the storage, but I'm not sure how it works exactly.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We didn't evaluate other solutions before choosing RDS. Since we're using everything else that is Amazon, it seemed like an obvious choice.

What other advice do I have?

We're currently expanding multiple versions of the solution. We use the cloud deployment model and most clients are also in the AWS environment.

I'd advise others to pay attention to the sizing, You don't want to over or under-size.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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Advisory and IT Transformation Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
A stable tool that is easy to deploy and integrate
Pros and Cons
  • "I found it to be a stable solution."
  • "I feel Amazon RDS should have a lot of functionalities to make monitoring within the database easier."

What is most valuable?

The benefits I experienced while using Amazon RDS stemmed from the fact that it provided me with the database and helped with managing searches in AWS. With Amazon RDS, you have your database without worrying about infrastructure, updates, or other things.

What needs improvement?

The shortcomings stem from not Amazon RDS as a product but are related to its monitoring capabilities. I feel Amazon RDS should have a lot of functionalities to make monitoring within the database easier. Amazon RDS should provide more granularity of log entries.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have had a few years of experience with Amazon RDS. I was a user of the solution.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I found it to be a stable solution.

How are customer service and support?

I never needed the solution's technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Amazon RDS was the first tool with which I used databases or services on the cloud.

Currently, I work with Microsoft Azure SQL Database in my new company.

Speaking about Microsoft Azure SQL Database, you would always have the latest version and latest update since Microsoft is the owner of the Microsoft Stack.

How was the initial setup?

Amazon RDS is easy to deploy and integrate, but it depends on the solution. Maybe if you need to restore your database in a different region or in a different account or want to run Amazon RDS databases in multi-account environments, then it can be really hard and painful.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Amazon RDS is an expensive solution.

What other advice do I have?

I would tell those who plan to use Amazon RDS to understand how it works and determine the pricing part before purchasing it since it is expensive.

The ease of using Amazon RDS depends on your platform, design, and software. Amazon RDS is easy to use if you have an AWS infrastructure.

With Amazon RDS, integrations with third-party solutions can be easy and beneficial for the product's monitoring part only. In general, integrating Amazon RDS with third-party solutions can be a complex process.

I rate the overall product an eight and a half out of ten.

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AnilKumar31 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Systems Engineering at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
Top 20
A stable and scalable tool to maintain database records that should consider improving its technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it requires an easy setup phase, and it is also easy to use while not being too heavy on its users."
  • "The support team of Amazon RDS provides us with some links to go through whenever we face some issues, but it doesn't work for us."

What is our primary use case?

We use Amazon RDS in our company to maintain logs and database records.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it requires an easy setup phase, and it is also easy to use while not being too heavy on its users. Amazon RDS as a database is sufficient for our company's use cases.

What needs improvement?

In our company, we have not considered what needs improvement in the solution.

The solution should consider offering some email support to its users. The support team of Amazon RDS provides us with some links to go through whenever we face some issues, but it doesn't work for us.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon RDS for the past two years. Speaking about the solution's version, I currently use MySQL 8.0.32. My company is a customer of the solution.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a pretty stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is definitely a scalable solution, but we have not scaled up to the maximum since we have not faced any problems yet, considering we operate well within the threshold, which makes the product good for us.

My entire team consisting of around fifty people uses the solution.

How are customer service and support?

Unfortunately, our company doesn't have the developer support option in our account, and because of this, we cannot contact any technical support.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

My company uses Linux-based products, so we use Ubuntu Linux.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was easy.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

In my case, MySQL is free, and if there are any costs, then it is much less than other solutions since all such things usually come bundled with the hardware. We don't pay separate license fees for MySQL, but the hardware cost depends on what machines we use.

What other advice do I have?

To those planning to use Amazon RDS, I would say that it is pretty simple to start with, especially if you don't have a complicated database architecture. If the product's potential users meet the aforementioned factors, Amazon RDS would be the best, especially for those dealing with MySQL.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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ARIEL MUNAFO - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder & CEO at CLOUDEX
Real User
Top 5
A good database solution that has an easy initial setup
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon RDS is very easy to use."
  • "Amazon RDS should have a more user-friendly graphical user interface and include better database management options."

What is our primary use case?

Amazon RDS is a good database.

What is most valuable?

Amazon RDS is very easy to use.

What needs improvement?

Amazon RDS should have a more user-friendly graphical user interface and include better database management options.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Amazon RDS for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon RDS is a stable solution.

I rate Amazon RDS a nine out of ten for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Around 100 people are using Amazon RDS in our organization.

I rate Amazon RDS an eight out of ten for scalability.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before Amazon RDS, I used Oracle and SQL Server. I switched to Amazon RDS to use the cloud.

How was the initial setup?

The solution's initial setup is easy.

What about the implementation team?

The solution was deployed through a consultant, and it took a few minutes to deploy it.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution's license was included in the payment of the cloud. On a scale from one to ten, where ten is the most expensive, and one is the cheapest, I rate the solution's pricing a seven out of ten.

What other advice do I have?

Amazon RDS is a cloud based solution.

I recommend Amazon RDS to other users. I advise users to enforce the DBA to be part of any database cloud. Sometimes, people think managing the database is easy because the cloud is easy. However, that is not always the case.

Overall, I rate Amazon RDS an eight out of ten.

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Sunita Gajurel - PeerSpot reviewer
Student at a university with 10,001+ employees
Real User
An easy to use tool that helps to find latency
Pros and Cons
  • "The tool is very easy to use and configure."
  • "I would like to see improvements in the tool's automatic restart."

What is our primary use case?

I use the tool to find out latency. 

What is most valuable?

The tool is very easy to use and configure. 

What needs improvement?

I would like to see improvements in the tool's automatic restart. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two to three months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The tool is stable. 

How are customer service and support?

The tool's support is nice. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The tool's initial setup is straightforward. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I would rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

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Teach Lead - (Senior) Mean Full Stack Developer at GreenMedia Partners (Pvt) Ltd
Real User
Simple to install and reliable, but the documentation could be improved
Pros and Cons
  • "The dashboard and performance are the most valuable features of Amazon RDS."
  • "With my limited experience, I have noticed that documentation management could be improved. It could be better."

What is most valuable?

The dashboard and performance are the most valuable features of Amazon RDS.

What needs improvement?

In terms of what needs to be improved, I am unable to provide appropriate feedback because we are still familiarizing ourselves with the solution. 

Some of the documents that I have seen also state that Amazon previously supported MS SQL, which is great, but we are going into the database areas of PostgreSQL and MySQL. 

With my limited experience, I have noticed that documentation management could be improved. It could be better.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Amazon RDS for three months.

We are using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Amazon RDS is stable. I have not had any issues with the stability of this solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We are just now experimenting with scalability.

We have two engineers using this solution in our organization.

How are customer service and support?

We are not receiving direct support from them, AWS. But from the previous company, we got one of the API services for this one, which was fine. But because of the account, we stopped the service, taking the service. We are still maintaining the solution on our end.

I would rate the technical support a three or four out of five.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

EC2 and Lambda functions are two of Amazon's other services. 

There is another service that I have used. I have used Amazon services.

Our team and CTO are also looking into it. They were suggesting that Amazon was the best.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was easy for me. In the beginning, I began with research and development. I didn't have any issues, it comes naturally to me.

What about the implementation team?

I deployed this solution myself.

It took me, two or three hours to complete because I had to go through the documentation and check those areas.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I am not aware of the licensing costs.

What other advice do I have?

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate Amazon RDS a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Corporate Database Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
Real User
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Leveraging robust compliance features fulfills PCI requirements and scales well
Pros and Cons
  • "Amazon RDS fulfills PCI requirements, which is a valuable feature for us."
  • "The scalability is the best, and I have no issues with the ability to scale."
  • "Amazon cannot guarantee the stability of some extensions, and there is a need for different extensions to meet PCI requirements."
  • "Amazon cannot guarantee the stability of some extensions, and there is a need for different extensions to meet PCI requirements."

What is our primary use case?

I work with Amazon RDS for our credit card business operations.

What is most valuable?

Amazon RDS fulfills PCI requirements, which is a valuable feature for us.

What needs improvement?

Amazon cannot guarantee the stability of some extensions, and there is a need for different extensions to meet PCI requirements.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with Amazon RDS for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of Amazon RDS as the best on a scale from one to ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is the best, and I have no issues with the ability to scale.

How are customer service and support?

I rely on reading documentation to manage the database. The documentation is quite good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have used both Amazon RDS and Oracle, and I prefer Amazon. I prefer Amazon over Oracle as Amazon offers better features for our needs.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup process is simple.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I rate the price for Amazon as eight on a scale from one to ten. It's a reasonably high price for us.

What other advice do I have?

Overall, I would rate Amazon RDS an eight out of ten. I would recommend Amazon RDS to other users.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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