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Amazon RDS vs YugabyteDB

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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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YugabyteDB

YugabyteDB Distributed SQL database compatible with PostgreSQL designed for cloud-native applications requiring global scale.

DatabasesFreemiumOpen Source

Quick Facts

Amazon RDS

CompanyAmazon Web Services
Year Launched2009
Pricing ModelPaid
Open SourceNo
CategoryDatabases
PlatformsWeb

YugabyteDB

CompanyYugabyte, Inc.
Year Launched2018
Pricing ModelFreemium
Open SourceYes
CategoryDatabases
PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Pricing

Amazon RDS

Paid

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

YugabyteDB

Freemium

Free: $0/monthly

Pro: Custom/monthly per seat

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