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Amazon RDS vs Oracle Database comparison

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

ROI

Sentiment score
2.2
Amazon RDS users report cost savings and scalability, benefiting from AWS management, pay-as-you-go pricing, and increased agility.
Sentiment score
5.7
Oracle Database is costly but offers long-term ROI, stability, and scalability, especially beneficial for financial institutions and large tasks.
It saved a lot of money and time because of the debugging peculiarities and also using Toad for Oracle software to optimize the coding and performance of data migration.
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Amazon RDS support varies by tier, with premium rated higher; users value documentation but face delays with standard support.
Sentiment score
6.1
Oracle Database users experience mixed reviews on support, praising responsiveness but criticizing delays, costs, and inconsistent service quality.
The documentation is quite good.
Corporate Database Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
The official AWS technical support for Amazon RDS is helpful, providing 24/7 assistance for all business support cases with tools such as the health dashboard and AWS trusted advisor.
AWS Architect at Virtual University
I would rate the support from AWS very high, maybe nine, but it also depends on what kind of support you have signed in your contract, whether the premium support or the standard support.
Director Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
In some cases, they support me on a 24/7 basis, round the clock.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
Oracle support can improve both response time and quality, including not only response time but also the turnaround time for issue fixing, understanding the issue, routing it to the correct team, and debugging for resolution.
DB A Competency Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
The customer support of Oracle Database is excellent and provides detailed assistance.
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.0
Amazon RDS is praised for its strong scalability, easy scaling, and effective cloud-based expansion, despite some data challenges.
Sentiment score
7.4
Oracle Database offers scalable solutions for enterprises, supporting seamless growth with advanced features, though licensing costs may impact scalability.
Its automated scaling, both in storage and instances, is vital as it eliminates manual interventions.
AICE Graduate at alx_africa
The installation of Amazon RDS is quite easy and quite scalable.
Director Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Despite being a strong feature, scalability could be improved due to the lack of full functionality in autoscaling.
VP engineering at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The database regularly releases new versions with better performance and security features.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
RAC is the feature where I can distribute the load among multiple nodes, and it has helped our enterprise applications.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.1
Amazon RDS is highly stable, praised for reliability, minimal issues, and benefits from AWS's automated backup features.
Sentiment score
8.0
Oracle Database is renowned for its exceptional stability and reliability, effectively handling extensive workloads with minimal issues.
Amazon RDS is very stable when deployed correctly across different zones with the right configurations.
AICE Graduate at alx_africa
It is a stable product overall, with very few issues.
VP engineering at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
So far, I have not had any outages, crashes, or downtime.
Dev Ops Engineer at MyRobin.ID
Oracle Database is very robust, and I rate its stability nine out of ten.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
I would rate stability for Oracle Database as a 10.
DB A Competency Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Oracle is really one of the biggest database software companies in the world.
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
 

Room For Improvement

Amazon RDS users face challenges with configuration, scalability, support, integration, and security, needing enhancements for better management and transition.
Oracle Database struggles with high costs, complex licensing, outdated interfaces, and inadequate support, demanding better cloud compatibility and security.
Simplifying migration for those transitioning from on-premises to cloud environments.
AICE Graduate at alx_africa
Having native Change Data Capture (CDC) support would be beneficial, allowing for seamless integration with Kafka without relying on external technologies like Debezium.
VP engineering at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Enabling performance insights to view query formats where the bottlenecks occur, identifying the fixes, slow queries, and missing indexes.
AWS Architect at Virtual University
Having that visibility of all the software products and providing free training and documentation on how you can improve and which products are best suited for integration to your product from Oracle would go a long way to help organizations and professionals.
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Oracle Database needs improvement in data analytics capabilities, AI involvement, machine learning, and deep learning.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
One existing feature that distinguishes Oracle Database from others is its ability to log errors in the database itself.
Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy
 

Setup Cost

Amazon RDS pricing offers flexibility and savings, but requires careful cost management to avoid unexpected charges and manage expenses.
Oracle Database's high pricing and complex licensing deter SMBs, despite quality features and available budget-friendly options.
While Azure provides great services, long-term plans on AWS are 20% to 30% cheaper.
AWS Engineer at Neurolov.ai
I find the pricing of Amazon RDS fair, as AWS operates on a pay-for-what-you-use model.
AICE Graduate at alx_africa
I rate the price for Amazon as eight on a scale from one to ten.
Corporate Database Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
For medium businesses, Oracle and IBM DB2 pricing are quite similar.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
Oracle Database is costly.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
 

Valuable Features

Amazon RDS offers scalability, security, and ease of use with features like automated backups and high availability for diverse applications.
Oracle Database is preferred for its reliability, robust security, scalability, high availability, and ability to efficiently manage large datasets.
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.
AICE Graduate at alx_africa
Database management is effective in Amazon RDS because it offers automated backups, high availability, read replicas, and support from multiple database engineers, while also providing security, monitoring and metrics, scalability.
AWS Architect at Virtual University
In some cases, we are using the read replica feature, and it does improve our application performance because we do not allow any downstream system to come to the main storage or main databases and perform a query.
Director Software Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Its data management capabilities include data quality, data integration, data architecture, modeling, and data security, which are very important for data-driven companies.
Chief Executive Officer at LeaseWeb
Regarding what I value about Oracle Database, as far as execution is concerned, I think it is one of the best databases I have come across.
Business Analyst at Tata Consultancy
The most valuable features in WebLogic Suite are its stability and security.
Senior Vice President IT Operations at ZTBL
 

Categories and Ranking

Amazon RDS
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
59
Ranking in other categories
Database as a Service (DBaaS) (2nd)
Oracle Database
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
294
Ranking in other categories
Database Management Systems (DBMS) (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Relational Databases Tools category, the mindshare of Amazon RDS is 1.4%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Database is 10.3%, down from 12.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Oracle Database10.3%
Amazon RDS1.4%
Other88.3%
Relational Databases Tools
 

Featured Reviews

Donny Trijatmiko - PeerSpot reviewer
Dev Ops Engineer at MyRobin.ID
Managed databases have simplified recovery and high availability for AI recruitment workloads
The features of Amazon RDS that I have found most valuable and useful so far are its fully managed service, point-in-time restore, and other serverless features such as snapshots and backups, which have eased my job to manage databases. The automated backups of Amazon RDS help in data recovery by mitigating disaster recovery. I can revert to the nearest time if there is any data corruption or other issues, and this helps tremendously. I assess Amazon RDS's read replica feature for improving application performance as good. For standby nodes in Amazon RDS, I am using them for high failover, and so far it has been performing well. I have used Amazon RDS's Multi-AZ deployments, and it helps enhance data availability by providing high failover. It enhances high availability for my application as well.
Philemon Olusegun - PeerSpot reviewer
Qhse Manager at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Reliable backups and high-capacity data management have transformed large-scale census projects
When it comes to how Oracle Database can be improved, for me it is all about training and development in terms of gamification, creating awareness, and spreading the word to aspiring database administrators and database developers. As I have used it in the past and in recent times, many people are trying to get into IT, so the opportunity exists. Oracle has the market opportunity to take this time to spread its offerings and ensure that many aspiring professionals are aware of its services and products. From my perspective, there is not much to add regarding the needed improvements for the interface and the documentation. I give it a nine because I think Oracle sometimes can make things complicated. You have many services, many products, and many tools for different use cases. So it is difficult for someone who is only used to a particular product, such as Oracle Database, to understand all the other products and services that it provides. Probably streamlining it and making it available with categorized use cases for specific job roles would help. If you are a database developer, these are the tools that you need to be familiar with in Oracle's suite of products, and if you are a database administrator, these are the tools. Categorizing them based on the job role or function of people who are accessing these products and providing training capabilities on how to use them and how these products interchange and talk to each other would be very important because that is one of the things I struggled with when I started my journey as an Oracle Database administrator. Having that visibility of all the software products and providing free training and documentation on how you can improve and which products are best suited for integration to your product from Oracle would go a long way to help organizations and professionals. Regarding Oracle Database's AI capabilities, I am very keen on its governance and security. I think more work needs to be done on the security and ensuring that the database for a large number of people is watertight. AI is here to stay; however, governance and more stress testing of the AI capabilities needs to be done to ensure there is no breach of data. I would rate it currently at 6 over 10 and there is room for improvement. As long as there are government policies and Oracle policies that can mitigate any breaches of data and serious security issues, releasing people's records over the internet, there is always room for improvement in that regard.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
University
7%
Outsourcing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise16
Large Enterprise24
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business87
Midsize Enterprise66
Large Enterprise180
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Amazon RDS?
I think Amazon RDS can be improved or enhanced if it can be implemented with other monitoring tools such as Percona. Currently, I am trying to add Percona monitoring for monitoring in addition to i...
What is your primary use case for Amazon RDS?
Amazon RDS is typically used for AI applications. I am developing it for an AI recruitment agent and for collecting data for HRIS, Software as a Service for a workforce as a service, and storing data.
How do you run Oracle Database at your organization and why?
My company has been using Oracle Exadata Database Service for some years now, and we are happy with it. I will allow myself to answer your questions about why and what benefits it provides us with ...
Do you know of any disadvantages of Oracle Database?
Undoubtedly, Oracle Database is a top product in its category. But it does have its disadvantages, and for me and my organization, that has been the limitations of the product. When it comes to Ora...
What is the best use for Oracle Database?
Oracle Database is flexible and can be used for many things. My company's main use case for this product is for storing data. We benefit from its high level of security as well as from the fact tha...
 

Also Known As

RDS
Oracle 12c, RDBMS
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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Agncia Nacional de guas, Anbima, Aria Systems, Asiana Airlines, Astelit LLC, Australian Finance Group, Banco Occidental de Descuento, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, BT, Caja de Seguros S.A., Casas GEO S.A.B. de C.V., Comic Relief UK, Corsair Components Inc., CSAM Health AS, CSOB Group, Datacraft Solutions, DenizBank A.S., Department of Treasury and Finance WA, Office of State Revenue, Deutsche B_rse AG, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Deutsche Messe AG, Digicel Haiti, DPR COSEA, Essar Group, Essatto Software Pty Ltd, Farmšcia e Drogaria Nissei Ltda., Fomento Econ‹mico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA), FundaÊo Petrobras de Seguridade Social, Future Group, GFKL Financial Services AG, Grupo Posadas S.A.B. de C.V., Grupo Sinosserra, Guerra S.A. Implementos Rodovišrios, Hanatour International Service, Hays plc, Henan Mobile Co. Ltd, Hochschule Hof, Hong Kong and China Technology (Wuhan) Co. Ltd (Towngas Technology), Industries Corpa_al C.A., Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatstica, Instituto Mexicano de la Propiedad Industrial, Kcell, LinkShare Corporation, MercadoLibre Inc., MetLife Inc., Nextgen Distribution, €BB-IKT GmbH, Octagon Research Solutions, Pacific Lutheran University, Paragon Data GmbH, Ping ltd., PJSC Trustbank, Prodaub _ Processamento de Dados de Uberl_ndia, Purdue University, Redknee Inc., Robi Axiata Limited, Shanghai Infoservice Technology Co. Ltd, Shanghai Sihua Technologies Co. Ltd, Sistema de Aguas de la Ciudad de M_xico, Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Suddenlink Communications, Suprajit Engineering Limited, Tallink Grupp, Terminales Ro de la Plata S.A., Therap Services LLC, Think Passenger Inc., Trafigura, Transmed S.A.L Lebanon, ValeShop, VelQuest Corporation, Vodafone Group plc, West Virginia Network, WIND Hellas Telecommunications S.A
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon RDS vs. Oracle Database and other solutions. Updated: September 2026.
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