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Amazon RDS vs TimescaleDB

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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.

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TimescaleDB

TimescaleDB Time-series database built as a PostgreSQL extension, combining relational features with time-series optimizations.

DatabasesFreemiumOpen Source

Quick Facts

Amazon RDS

CompanyAmazon Web Services
Year Launched2009
Pricing ModelPaid
Open SourceNo
CategoryDatabases
PlatformsWeb

TimescaleDB

CompanyTimescale, Inc.
Year Launched2017
Pricing ModelFreemium
Open SourceYes
CategoryDatabases
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Pricing

Amazon RDS

Paid

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

TimescaleDB

Freemium

Free: $0/monthly

Pro: Custom/monthly per seat

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