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Amazon RDS vs Oracle MySQL Cloud Service comparison

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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 MySQL Cloud Service
Ranking in Relational Databases Tools
12th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
21
Ranking in other categories
Open Source Databases (11th)
 

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 MySQL Cloud Service is 1.4%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Relational Databases Tools Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Amazon RDS1.4%
Oracle MySQL Cloud Service1.4%
Other97.2%
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.
RS
Director at Adamos Tecnologia
Efficiently manages extensive datasets with rapid connections and wide tool support
Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is easy to manage and install. It does not require a DBA for management. The connections are very fast and it supports several thousand users simultaneously without any issues. New connections do not hang server operations. As soon as new releases are put out, they work as expected. Oracle MySQL Cloud Service is supported by every vendor and tool, including architectural, integration, and generation tools, offering wide protocol support. This makes Oracle MySQL Cloud Service a valuable solution.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"I appreciate how Amazon RDS allows me to choose the kind of database I want."
"Amazon RDS fulfills PCI requirements, which is a valuable feature for us."
"The product's most valuable features are option groups, S3 integration, automated and scheduled snapshots, and cross-region replication."
"The most valuable feature of Amazon RDS is its performance."
"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 product solved our DevOps and admin problems."
"Amazon RDS is lightweight and flexible, and it's a secure solution."
"My advice to anybody who is researching this solution is that it is a better option than other solutions."
"The most valuable aspect of the product is data migration."
"If a company is looking for an autonomous database, which is one of this solution's unique features compared, this is a good option."
"MySQL is very stable and works beautifully with large amounts of data."
"MySQL is a centralized RDBMS in itself, and you don't have the overkill of having the full Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server. It's ideal, and it helps with the developer console. It has three versions for developers. It's a very good tool for open source."
"The solution's performance is good."
"The most valuable feature is the data aggregation function."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that it is flexible and is an open-source product."
 

Cons

"The solution's version upgrade and performance could be improved."
"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 don't think it's very scalable. In comparison, Microsoft Azure has many options."
"Technical support could be better."
"I would like to see improvements in the tool's automatic restart."
"Some of the features will not be there. For example, some on-premises things we want to set up will not be supported there. There are some challenges that they are fixing."
"AWS support is decent, but it's not as good as before. Sometimes, we get junior staff who are unable to answer our questions. It also depends on the support team you get. Support based in Europe and Australia is better than US support. For example, European support is quick to deliver the right answer. US support handles routine maintenance issues, and it's mostly junior staff who don't know the product well."
"The performance is not always as good as MySQL running on its own EC2 instance."
"The product has many bugs."
"Relational databases, in general, are not known to be as scalable as NoSQL databases."
"Oracle MySQL Cloud Service should be easier to replicate and integrate into further solutions."
"The technical support is in need of improvement."
"Oracle MySQL Cloud Service's scalability is an area of concern that can be better."
"The user interface is not simple."
"It could be more user-friendly, but that depends on the user's technical skills."
"Improvement could be made in the workflow, particularly when it comes to making changes or implementing certain functions."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of RDS is a little bit high compared to Microsoft... However, it is a good price compared to other solutions."
"The platform pricing is on the higher side, but given its capabilities and ease of use, it remains competitive."
"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."
"Amazon RDS is cheaper compared to other tools."
"AWS is becoming pretty expensive because cheap or absolutely free services have become paid services. Amazon RDS is not an expensive product, but Amazon's ecosystem is becoming increasingly expensive."
"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."
"Amazon RDS is less expensive than other solutions."
"We are paying for a service license."
"The product is expensive."
"The product is free since it is an open-source tool."
"The solution’s paid plans are expensive."
"Oracle has a better licensing model compared to its competitors."
"While the core solution itself is not exorbitant, the support services are associated with a significant maintenance fee, often ranging from twenty to thirty percent."
"The license is expensive."
"It is an open-source product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
University
7%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Construction Company
7%
 

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 Business8
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise12
 

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?
I have never paid for the full version of Oracle MySQL Cloud Service. We use the free version or the version available in RDS ( /products/amazon-rds-reviews ) from AWS ( /products/amazon-aws-review...
What needs improvement with Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?
Oracle MySQL Cloud Service should be easier to replicate and integrate into further solutions. Although it targets Linux and UNIX environments, its performance is not as optimized on Windows platfo...
What is your primary use case for Oracle MySQL Cloud Service?
I work in finance, financial services, banking, and financial services.
 

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Omnis, Naveex, Rehash Technologies
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