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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) vs. Oracle Exadata

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Amazon RDS

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAmazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a database-as-a-service (DBaaS) from Amazon Web Services.N/A

    Oracle Exadata

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AOracle Exadata is an enterprise database platform that runs Oracle Database workloads of any scale and criticality with high performance, availability, and security. Exadata’s scale-out design employs optimizations that let transaction processing, analytics, machine learning, and mixed workloads run faster. Consolidating diverse Oracle Database workloads on Exadata platforms in enterprise data centers, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and multicloud environments helps organizations increase…

    $2.90

    Per Unit

    Pricing
    Amazon RDSOracle Exadata
    Editions & Modules
    Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
    $0.24 ($0.48)
    per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
    Amazon RDS for MariaDB
    $0.25 ($0.50)
    per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
    Amazon RDS for MySQL
    $0.29 ($0.58)
    per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
    Amazon RDS for Oracle
    $0.482 ($0.964)
    per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
    Amazon RDS for SQL Server
    $1.02 ($1.52)
    per hour, R5 Large (R5 Extra Large)
    Database Server
    $2.9032
    Per Unit
    Quarter Rack
    $14.5162
    Per Unit
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Amazon RDSOracle Exadata
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Amazon RDSOracle Exadata
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    Amazon AWS
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    Oracle
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    102 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    98 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    102 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    96 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    Amazon RDSOracle Exadata
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Oracle Exadata
    Feature
    Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Exadata
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Data Warehouse
    Comparison of Data Warehouse features of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Oracle Exadata
    Feature
    Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)
    -
    Ratings
    Oracle Exadata
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    19% above category average
    High-Volume Data Processing00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Data Warehouse Management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Administrative Automation00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Self-Optimization00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Amazon RDSOracle Exadata
    Small Businesses
    SingleStore
    Score7.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    SAP HANA Cloud
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP IQ
    Score10 out of 10
    Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Amazon RDSOracle Exadata
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (130 ratings)
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.6
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Amazon RDSOracle Exadata
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    If your application needs a relational data store and uses other AWS services, AWS RDS is a no-brainer. It offers all the traditional database features, makes it a snap to set up, creates cross-region replication, has advanced security, built-in monitoring, and much more at a very good price. You can also set up streaming to a data lake using various other AWS services on your RDS.
    Incentivized
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    Oracle
    • First, get the database on Oracle. If you are in an Oracle stack, it would be much better to use the Oracle products. If you are driving a Ferrari, you wouldn’t put a Mercedes engine in it. If you are writing a query, you cannot rely on other brands. Since I'm an architect, when I look for a product, I look for performance.
    • The installation is easy because it comes out-of-the-box and you just start using it.
    • Previous to Oracle Exadata, we were using a normal Oracle RAC service. We were just waiting for this product to come out.
    • I'm currently writing a data warehouse on Exadata. Before this solution, we were aiming for this to be completed by 8 a.m., when our ETLs would finish. With the help of Exadata's special features, this was reduced to 3 a.m. This solution allows us to bring more data within the same time period. It provides us with more subject areas that provide more reports to our users. Our ETL times reduced to 65%, then to 50%.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Automated Database Management: We use it for streamlining routine tasks like software patching and database backups.
    • Scalability on Demand: we use it to handle traffic spikes, scaling both vertically and horizontally.
    • Database Engine Compatibility: It works amazingly with multiple database engines used by different departments within our organization including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Oracle.
    • Monitoring: It covers our extensive monitoring and logging, and also has great compatibility with Amazon CloudWatch
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    Oracle
    • High speed of SQL operations due to a unique design of Exadata with offloading of SQL processing to storage cells
    • Built-in High Availability of a DB server due to it's base architecture of a multi-node Oracle Real Application Cluster
    • High overall sever performance due to its use of a proprietary "Smart Cache" feature utilizing a high speed flash memory
    • Excellent scalability of a DB server by adding cluster nodes as well as expanding it into a network of serially connected clusters
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • It is a little difficult to configure and connect to an RDS instance. The integration with ECS can be made more seamless.
    • Exploring features within RDS is not very easy and intuitive. Either a human friendly documentation should be added or the User Interface be made intuitive so that people can explore and find features on their own.
    • There should be tools to analyze cost and minimize it according to the usage.
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    Oracle
    • Integrating with different types of databases can be a challenge
    • Having a hardware platform optimized to run specific database software surely comes with a price
    • Single vendor to support same hardware and software will make migrating to different hardware and/or software become a hassle
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    We do renew our use of Amazon Relational Database Service. We don't have any problems faced with RDS in place. RDS has taken away lot of overhead of hosting database, managing the database and keeping a team just to manage database. Even the backup, security and recovery another overhead that has been taken away by RDS. So, we will keep on using RDS.
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Amazon AWS
    I've been using AWS Relational Database Services in several projects in different environments and from the AWS products, maybe this one together to EC2 are my favourite. They deliver what they promise. Reliable, fast, easy and with a fair price (in comparison to commercial products which have obscure license agreements).
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    Oracle
    Excellent machine for your database needs . Don’t have to think twice if you have the budget to own it
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
    I have only had good experiences in working with AWS support. I will admit that my experience comes from the benefit of having a premium tier of support but even working with free-tier accounts I have not had problems getting help with AWS products when needed. And most often, the docs do a pretty good job of explaining how to operate a service so a quick spin through the docs has been useful in solving problems.
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    Oracle
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Amazon AWS
    the online training & digital content available on the web from AWS was having sufficient information to deploy and run the service
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    Oracle
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) stands out among similar products due to its seamless integration with other AWS services, automated backups, and multi-AZ deployments for high availability. Its support for various database engines, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, provides flexibility. Additionally, RDS offers managed security features, including encryption and IAM integration, enhancing data protection. The pay-as-you-go pricing model makes it cost-effective. Overall, Amazon RDS excels in ease of use, scalability, and a comprehensive feature set, making it a top choice for organizations seeking a reliable and scalable managed relational database service in the cloud.
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    Oracle
    Oracle Exadata Database Machine had the best performance overall hands down. It clearly beat the competition and we were seeing 1000X improvement on SAP HANA. Oracle Exadata Database Machine beat that without us refactoring our code. To achieve that in HANA, we had to refactor the code somewhat. Now this was for our limited POC of 5 use cases. Given the large number of stored procedures we had in Sybase, we need to capture more production metrics but we are seeing incredible performance.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • The overall cost increases, but we spect this and we can mitigate other risks.
    • Is easy to work from the cloud. Is reliable, but we keep our local solution as well where RDS works quite good.
    • RDS allow us to focurs on owr objetives instead of the other matters regarding databases.
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    Oracle
    • Single support from a single vendor with both machine and database from Oracle, which is costing us less.
    • With Exadata, we need less technical manpower and less technical support. A business transaction with the integrated and centralized database helps us focus on other business needs.
    • We don't need to buy additional licenses and Hardware for the next 3 to 5 years.
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    ScreenShots

    Amazon RDS Screenshots

    Screenshot of A look inside the RDS console.