We performed a comparison between Amazon RDS and IBM Db2 on Cloud based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, MongoDB and others in Database as a Service."Encryption is the most valuable feature."
"I found it to be a stable solution."
"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."
"Amazon RDS handles database backup mechanisms and patch management."
"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."
"One of the most valuable features is that it is serverless, so we don't have to worry about scaling."
"The IT is easy to set up, which is the best."
"Amazon RDS is lightweight and flexible."
"The reliability is the most valuable feature. It is also user-friendly."
"The solution's version upgrade and performance could be improved."
"I also don't think it's very scalable."
"Sometimes the interface has many moving parts, which is a concern."
"The solution is a bit expensive."
"The only thing that needs improvement would be the pricing of the solution."
"The Performance Monitor they have is a little clanky, at least in regards to the UI."
"I would like to see improvements in the tool's automatic restart."
"With my limited experience, I have noticed that documentation management could be improved. It could be better."
"I would give their support a ten if they had more tutorials available."
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Amazon RDS is ranked 1st in Database as a Service with 45 reviews while IBM Db2 on Cloud is ranked 12th in Database as a Service. Amazon RDS is rated 8.4, while IBM Db2 on Cloud is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Amazon RDS writes "Provides excellent authentication, authorization, integration, data protection, and autoscaling features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Db2 on Cloud writes "Reliable and user-friendly ". Amazon RDS is most compared with Google Cloud SQL, MongoDB Atlas, SQL Azure and Oracle Database as a Service, whereas IBM Db2 on Cloud is most compared with SQL Azure and Google Cloud SQL.
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