Amazon RDS vs Snowflake

Amazon RDS

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.

DatabasesPaid

Snowflake

Snowflake Cloud data warehouse with separated storage and compute for analytics, data sharing, and ML workloads.

DatabasesPaid

Quick Facts

Amazon Web ServicesCompanySnowflake

2009Year Launched2014

PaidPricing ModelPaid

NoOpen SourceNo

DatabasesCategoryDatabases

WebPlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Amazon RDS

CompanyAmazon Web Services

Year Launched2009

Pricing ModelPaid

Open SourceNo

CategoryDatabases

PlatformsWeb

Snowflake

CompanySnowflake

Year Launched2014

Pricing ModelPaid

Open SourceNo

CategoryDatabases

PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Pricing

Amazon RDS

Paid

Pay-As-You-Go: Usage-based/monthly

Snowflake

Paid

Standard: Custom/monthly per seat

Enterprise: Custom/annual per seat

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