Amazon RDS Reviews

The solution helps us to move databases from on-premises to other areas. 

Amazon RDS has helped in reducing the median cost for on-prem services.

Amazon RDS is easy to maintain and easy to deploy.

The running cost could be improved.

I have been using the solution for one year.

It is a stable solution. I rate it eight out of ten. 

The solution's scalability depends on the application. There are no fixed users. I plan to increase the usage of the solution. 

Previously, I used Oracle SQL but switched to Amazon RDS because it's easy to manage and easy to set.

The initial setup is easy. For the deployment, one has to prepare the pipeline and set up the security configuration. The complete deployment takes a couple of days. Three software engineers are required in the deployment process. I rate the setup an eight out of ten.

The solution is expensive.

I would advise others to use the solution as it is easy to deploy, but they will need to take care of the running cost. 

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

I use the tool to find out latency. 

The tool is very easy to use and configure. 

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

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

The tool is stable. 

The tool's support is nice. 

Positive

The tool's initial setup is straightforward. 

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

I would rate the solution a seven out of ten. 

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

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.

I have been working with Amazon RDS for three months.

We are using the latest version.

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

We are just now experimenting with scalability.

We have two engineers using this solution in our organization.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I am not aware of the licensing costs.

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

I would rate Amazon RDS a seven out of ten.

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

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

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

I have been working with Amazon RDS for five years.

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

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

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

Positive

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.

The initial setup process is simple.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

It is a pretty stable 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.

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

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

The initial setup was easy.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

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.

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.

We use the solution to migrate products from on-premises to AWS environment.

The solution's most valuable feature is the provisioning of products. We don't have to worry about storage approval or hardware availability using this feature. It is the most accessible feature in RDS.

They should add a feature for manual SQL patching in RDS. Also, the auto-patching features have their limitations. We can't set a particular day or date of the month for auto-maintenance.

We have been using the solution for two years.

I have never come across any issues regarding the solution's stability. The database uptime works fine.

Scalability is one of the solution's best features.

The solution's customer service is excellent.

Positive

The solution's initial setup is straightforward.

The solution's pricing needs improvement. I rate it as a six.

If they have to segregate the databases into different RDS databases, it will cost almost the same or even more than any on-premises migration.

I rate the solution as an eight because it quickly provisions the resources. It covers all the security and governance parameters as well.

Our primary use case for this solution is relational data services.

The Amazon RDS features I found most valuable are snapshots and automatic backups.

In the next release, it would be great to see RDS provide connection pooling out of the box.

I have been using this solution for eight years.

I would rate the stability of this solution a nine, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best. It has never crashed on us.

My impression is that Amazon RDS is quite a scalable solution. If there are any issues, it's usually on the application side of things.

My impression is that deployment is quite straightforward. It took just one person in our company to deploy it.

Overall, I would rate this solution a 10, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.