Amazon RDS Alternatives

Amazon RDS is described as 'Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a collection of managed services that makes it simple to set up, operate, and scale databases in the cloud. Choose from seven popular engines — Amazon Aurora with MySQL compatibility, Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility' and is a relational database in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Amazon RDS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Mac and BSD apps. The best Amazon RDS alternative is SQLite, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Amazon RDS are PostgreSQL, MySQL Community Edition, MariaDB and MongoDB.

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Amazon RDS alternatives page was last updated May 30, 2025
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  1. SlateDB icon
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    An embedded database built on object storage. Unlike traditional LSM-tree storage engines, SlateDB writes data to object storage to provide bottomless storage capacity, high durability, and easy replication.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    • Self-Hosted

    SlateDB Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Replication
    3.  Rust
    4.  Object storage
    5.  Low Latency

    SlateDB VS Amazon RDS

     
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    Part of the Azure SQL, Azure SQL Database is an always-up-to-date, fully managed relational database service built for the cloud. Build your next app with the simplicity and flexibility of a multi-model database that scales to meet...

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    • US flagUnited States

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    • Online

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  3. Oracle Database icon
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    Oracle Database delivers industry leading performance, scalability, security and reliability on a choice of clustered or single-servers running Windows, Linux, and UNIX. It provides comprehensive features to easily manage the most demanding transaction processing, business...

    61 Oracle Database alternatives

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    • US flagUnited States

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    • Mac
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    • Linux

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  4. LiteDB icon
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    LiteDB is an open-source, MongoDB-like database that requires no configuration and is mobile-ready. It's a serverless database delivered in a single DLL under 450kb, fully written in .NET C# managed code and compatible with .NET 4.5 and NETStandard 2.0.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • BR flagBrazil

    Platforms

    • Windows

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  5. Database Labs icon
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    A Postgres Database as a Service platform so you can focus on writing your app, not on becoming a database administrator.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD

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  6. IBM DB2 icon
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    DB2 offers industry leading performance, scale, and reliability on your choice of platform from Linux to z/OS. DB2 supports storing XML and relational data and offers SQL PL and PL/SQL procedural languages.

    70 IBM DB2 alternatives

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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    • US flagUnited States

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

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    A powerful, reliable, and durable open-source SQL-compliant database, PostgreSQL is the datastore of choice for serious applications. Now it is available in seconds with a single click. Never worry about servers. Never worry about config files. Never worry about patches.

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    • Online

    Heroku Postgres VS Amazon RDS

     
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    You can build tables, fields and relationships with Database.com, but it’s much more than that. It includes a social data model, file storage, user management, authentication and development tools that make it easy to build killer apps.

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    • Online

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