Amazon RDS vs CockroachDB

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a managed database service from AWS that supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, and Db2 engines. It automates hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups with options for Multi-AZ deployments and read replicas.

CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database that provides horizontal scalability, strong consistency, and automatic failover for mission-critical applications. It offers PostgreSQL compatibility with the resilience of distributed systems.