Amazon RDS vs Google Cloud SQL vs Oracle Database as a Service comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google are both solutions in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.2, while Google is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.9. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 20.1% mindshare in DS, compared to Google’s 11.3% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Google users who would recommend it.

Amazon RDS

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98% willing to recommend

Google Cloud SQL

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2,189 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

Oracle Database as a Service

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1,499 Comparison Views

97% willing to recommend

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Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Database as a Service (DBaaS) category, the mindshare of Amazon RDS is 20.1%, down from 25.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Google Cloud SQL is 11.3%, down from 17.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Database as a Service is 8.2%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Database as a Service (DBaaS) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon RDS	20.1%
Google Cloud SQL	11.3%
Oracle Database as a Service	8.2%
Other	60.4%

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Featured Reviews

Samuel Ebite

AICE Graduate at alx_africa

Ensure high availability with robust encryption and seamless backups

Amazon RDS provides data encryption using services like KMS, crucial for securing high-sensitive data and meeting compliance requirements such as HIPAA or PCI DSS. The best practices we've employed with RDS help design a well-architected framework, encompassing security, encryption, scalability with multi-availability zone deployment, and operational excellence with automated backups. RDS features, such as reserved instances, storage auto-scaling, monitoring with technologies like CloudWatch, and proxies, contribute to cost optimization. The solution enhances security with IAM authentication and offers high availability to end users.

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Prathap Sankar

Analytics Delivery Manager at Tredence Inc.

Gain control and flexibility with customizable tools but has slower performance

I am majorly working in Google Cloud SQL for building my applications Google Cloud SQL provides complete customization options, along with a dashboarding tool and a comprehensive suite of tools that can be used to customize and build any application needed. The deployment model allows for…

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Duy AnhMai

Product Owner at Heineken

Offers security and good performance

Price-wise, the tool is expensive, and I feel it is an area where improvements are needed. Oracle Database as a Service is not as popular as other tools because we use AWS and GCP. Oracle is okay in terms of performance for banking businesses and some big companies. As I use the tool in Heineken, I know Oracle is an okay security solution. We use and deploy some applications and features from Oracle that are better than what others offer. The data in the tool is actually stored in the production part, so it is always kept a secret. I don't think that AI has been integrated into the tool. The AI used by Oracle is not as strong as that used by AWS. I recommend the tool to others, especially banking, finance, and insurance companies where the security needs to be better. There is maintenance for the tool required, but I don't know which company does it for our organization. I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"Amazon RDS is easy to maintain and easy to deploy."

"Amazon RDS provides data encryption using services like KMS, crucial for securing high-sensitive data and meeting compliance requirements such as HIPAA or PCI DSS."

"The IT is easy to set up, which is the best."

"Amazon RDS is easy to manage, and it has customizable performance, high availability, and duality."

"Encryption is the most valuable feature."

"The solution has unique features like backup and recovery, and snapshots. It upgrades automatically. The solution offers easy analytics concerning performance metrics. Its reliability and scalability are very good. The tool's most valuable features are disaster recovery, high availability and scalability."

"For me, RDS is a great solution. I like that Amazon RDS is a very simple solution to implement and to start using."

"Relational databases excel in extensive normalization, eliminating data redundancy and efficiently structuring tables which leads to a clear and efficient relationship between tables using primary keys."

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"The setup was straightforward. Just a couple of clicks, and we were done."

"Its most valuable feature is that it's scalable. I can start off with a base of a lot of data and move as much as I want and it's the same as if asked to do a lot of infrastructure changes."

"Google Cloud SQL is highly scalable."

"The most valuable feature for us is the Postgres on Google Cloud SQL since it supports most of the features we need."

"Ease of management and the ability to oversee the statistics of your SQL."

"What I like the most about Google Cloud SQL is that it handles the management, which allows us to concentrate on our applications."

"Google Cloud SQL is easy to start with and allows me to scale as needed, which is advantageous from a developer perspective."

"The most valuable features are that it's easy to use, simple, and user-friendly."

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"The scalability and high availability are the most valuable features of Oracle DaaS."

"One of the key features is Oracle Database as a Service. We chose to implement it as a service, which provides good performance, for example. Flexibility and other features let us implement database research with the SQL team range of features also."

"It effortlessly hosts applications for months and exhibits exceptional reliability."

"The functionality is good."

"The valuable features include availability, agility, and scalability."

"When we want more information on something that we are using, it is easy to find related topics on the internet."

"The most valuable feature of Oracle Database as a Service is the object types. The object types are not available in other databases, such as SQL and Postgres. Additionally, the security is very good."

"I will rate this solution a nine out of ten. We have been using this solution for the past ten years. We will continue the partnership. I do not expect to see any further integration of the tool with our software. I will recommend this tool to those with a large database."

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Cons

"The solution's connectivity and response logs could be improved."

"The only thing that needs improvement would be the pricing of the solution."

"It would be helpful if they made it easier to migrate from an existing on-premises solution to the cloud-based service."

"There are some use cases that might come up where we would want to understand the performance aspects better."

"You can only get access from the sales support. That means if you want to buy something or renew your subscription or upgrade, all these services are easily available. Yet, if you would like to get some technical support, you have to pay for it. You have to pay for an additional subscription."

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

"The solution could improve the administration tools."

"If Amazon RDS can be provided as a service platform, it would be beneficial for years. Instead of focusing on infrastructure, they can assist backend engineers and those with varying technical expertise in utilizing it effectively. It would be helpful if Amazon could provide a more predictable pricing strategy."

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"The monitoring part could be better."

"The most vulnerable problem with Google SQL is that while you can customize your access control list, it provides you with a public IP address."

"They could improve documentation and dashboard stability for efficient user experience and database management."

"I am yet to explore a lot of features that are present in this solution. However, it would be good if more documentation is available for this solution. This would help us in preparing for the certification exam and understand it better. Currently, we don't have much documentation. We do the labs for 20 or 25 minutes, but we can't capture and download anything."

"The customer support should be improved."

"I would appreciate more flexibility with specific extensions applicable to engines like PostgreSQL."

"The performance compared to AWS is not as fast, and the technical support could be better as they don't have a dedicated team, but mostly AI handles the support now."

"The overall documentation and the connectors need improvement."

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"For many companies, the standard version is not enough. They need to move to the enterprise version. However, there is a large price jump between the two."

"Oracle Database as a Service is a good product but costly. Scaling it is challenging."

"In the next release, I would like to see a framework for memory management."

"It would be beneficial if Oracle could offer features similar to those provided by open-source platforms like Postgres, such as a multi-core-based platform and a shared node database. While Oracle offers these features, they come at a high cost for clientele in the South Asian market."

"The interface can be difficult and there may be so many features that users and even vendors are unaware that they exist."

"Documentation is difficult to find. Since we're experienced with Oracle technology, we have also found many errors in it. Not everything is 100% accurate."

"The tool's AI part has shortcomings, making it an area where improvements are required."

"Some of the technical features could be improved. They have a problem with some of the object types. I think this is one of the issues which is needed to be improved."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"We are paying for a service license."

"It is less expensive than SQL Server. We pay based on the usage on a monthly basis."

"Amazon RDS could improve by reducing the price."

"Amazon RDS is not a very expensive solution."

"Amazon RDS is cheaper compared to other tools."

"The pricing of RDS is a little bit high compared to Microsoft... However, it is a good price compared to other solutions."

"The cost depends on the kind of instance we use."

"The price could be better."

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"You need to pay extra costs for backup and replication."

"While the platform’s pricing may be higher, it aligns with industry standards, considering the quality of service and features provided."

"The solution is affordable."

"It's really cheap. It wouldn't be more than, I believe it's around 50 euro per month for running a cloud SQL."

"From a financial perspective, Google Cloud SQL is on the cheaper side."

"The pricing is very much an important factor as to why we use this solution."

"It is not expensive, especially considering the significant reduction in database management time."

"The solution's price is reasonable but depends upon the negotiation."

"The pricing is a little bit expensive."

"What has been done is that an annual subscription model has been launched, which includes the payment of both the AML (Annual Maintenance Fee) and the subscription fee, paid on a yearly basis."

"In my opinion, it's not cheap, but every business can decide for itself."

"It is a very expensive tool."

"The pricing may seem expensive, but the value corresponds to the quality of the product."

"If your organization is not making that much money, then I don't think you should use the enterprise or any other expensive versions of the solution. I recommend the tool for bigger companies."

"This is an expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

13%

University

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

15%

Computer Software Company

12%

Educational Organization

Comms Service Provider

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

11%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	14
Large Enterprise	23

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	22
Midsize Enterprise	18
Large Enterprise	31

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon RDS?

The product's installation phase is easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon RDS?

The pricing for Amazon RDS is reasonable.

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What needs improvement with Amazon RDS?

User interface needs improvement for using IPS and cloud watch to scale and utilize read replicas, enabling performan...

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What do you like most about Google Cloud SQL?

The implementation part of the product was easy.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Google Cloud SQL?

The cost is expensive, especially for services like BigQuery, which charge based on query operations. We pay as we us...

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What needs improvement with Google Cloud SQL?

Google Cloud SQL needs to improve its support for high-end I/O operations. On-prem systems with high I/O capabilities...

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What do you like most about Oracle Database as a Service?

It has significantly enhanced our application development process by introducing substantial time savings and streaml...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle Database as a Service?

The setup cost is approximately four hours.

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What needs improvement with Oracle Database as a Service?

With the advent of generative AI, adding functionality where current administrative activities could be automated wou...

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Comparisons

MongoDB Atlas vs Amazon RDS

Compared 22% of the time

Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs Amazon RDS

Compared 13% of the time

Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer vs Amazon RDS

Compared 6% of the time

Google Cloud Spanner vs Amazon RDS

Compared 6% of the time

Yugabyte Platform vs Amazon RDS

Compared 3% of the time

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Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs Google Cloud SQL

Compared 34% of the time

MongoDB Atlas vs Google Cloud SQL

Compared 15% of the time

Google Cloud Spanner vs Google Cloud SQL

Compared 4% of the time

Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer vs Google Cloud SQL

Compared 2% of the time

IBM Db2 on Cloud vs Google Cloud SQL

Compared 2% of the time

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Microsoft Azure SQL Database vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 11% of the time

Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customer vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 11% of the time

MongoDB Atlas vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 10% of the time

Azure Database for PostgreSQL vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 8% of the time

Google Cloud Spanner vs Oracle Database as a Service

Compared 7% of the time

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Also Known As

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Overview

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a web service that makes it easier to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient, resizeable capacity for an industry-standard relational database and manages common database administration tasks.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Google Cloud SQL is a fully-managed database service that makes it easy to set up, maintain, manage, and administer your relational PostgreSQL and MySQL databases in the cloud. Google Cloud SQL offers high performance, scalability, and convenience. Hosted on Google Cloud Platform, Cloud SQL provides a database infrastructure for applications running anywhere.

Google

Oracle Database Cloud Service combines the power of Oracle Database, with the unique capabilities of the Oracle Cloud. The service provides a secure, automated data management platform that leverages on demand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services via a simple web based user interface and RESTful API. Oracle Database Cloud Service provides elastic database services for development, test, and production environments of custom and packaged online transaction processing (OLTP), data warehousing, and mixed workload applications. It enables businesses to reap all Oracle Platform as a Service (PaaS) benefits including subscriptionbased, self-service access to reliable, scalable, and elastic cloud environments and accelerates time to value by simplifying the provisioning and administration of Oracle databases.

Oracle

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