Amazon RDS vs MariaDB

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.

MariaDB is community-developed fork of MySQL with additional storage engines and performance improvements. It provides comprehensive features for databases workflows. The tool is actively maintained with regular updates and strong community/vendor support.