# Page 9 | Amazon RDS Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra

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Amazon RDS

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Last updated March 25th, 2026

# Page 9 - Reviews of Amazon RDS

## Showing most helpful reviews

Showing 201-218 of 218 Reviews

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Founder and CEO  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Flexible, scalable databases"

September 9, 2018

5.0

Pros

RDS is full featured, and it's easy to scale databases or reduce costs via reserved instances

Cons

The AWS ecosystem as a whole is not very intuitive

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Finance Intern  
Automotive  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Easy to use, with great customer support"

August 1, 2019

5.0

Pros

Can always be assured of a quality product with Amazon being the provider.

Cons

Found it to be a bit pricey compared to competitors on the market.

Review Source

aG

andrew G.  
Visual Merchandiser  
Retail  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great Software"

June 17, 2021

4.0

Pros

User friendly software which makes usage more efficient

Cons

I do not have any cons for this product

Review Source

EM

Esteban M.  
Developer Team Lead  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great service to help you to manage and maintain your databases "

August 15, 2019

5.0

Pros

Creation of databases is really simple, it gives you a lot of flexibility setting up your instances

Cons

Configuration wizard might become a little hard for beginners

Review Source

IK

Irina K.  
Software Engineer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "A very flexible database "

March 6, 2023

5.0

Pros

I like how it scales seamlessly and can add new fields

Cons

Nothing I dislike will continue using it as it is very flexible

Review Source

MA

Muhammed A.  
Student loans  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "It is a better app for both buyers and sellers "

May 20, 2020

4.0

Pros

Delivery and service for all products are carried out well and specified details for each product is given

Cons

Most of the recent products are not available instead of flipkart

Review Source

DS

Dale S.  
DevOps  
Computer & Network Security  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Started using mysql on it and have had no issues"

August 1, 2018

5.0

Great way to save money on aws.

Pros

It a great way to pay for what you need database wise without the over head cost of space you do not need.

Cons

It took me a while to figure out where to go to setup and manage the new server built since someone else set it up for me.

Review Source

TG

Tami G.  
Controller  
Automotive  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Good Product"

March 19, 2024

5.0

Pros

I tried it but it just was not what I was looking

Cons

Our business is too small for this product

Review Source

MW

Matt W.  
Production Manager  
  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "We use this program regularly in our office."

April 10, 2018

4.0

Pros

I like the ease of use of managing data on the cloud network and the ability to share that information easily internally.

Cons

It is sometimes difficult to manipulate the software to do what we need here at work but it usually works out ok.

Review Source

DR

Duda R.  
Lash  
Design  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "I like amazon very much to use always"

November 28, 2022

5.0

I use it a few times a week, amazon has helped me a lot in my day to day, it facilitates the configuration of the database.

Pros

I really liked the practicality because it makes it very easy to use the application and I'm enjoying it.

Cons

Amazon should have an extra range of services for its users, to be a more complete database.

Review Source

AK

Avi K.  
CEO  
Internet  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Very difficult to use"

April 25, 2019

4.0

Pros

Tons of features puts amazing tech in everyone's hands

Cons

Very confusing and difficult to use Can end up spending a lot of money and have no idea why.

Review Source

VR

Verified Reviewer  
System Engineer  
Information Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Let AWS Manage your DB"

March 12, 2019

5.0

Pros

Our developers recently starting migrating their MySQL db to RDS and they couldn't be happier.

Cons

It can get very expensive with all the different features you can add on such as cross-AZ replication/failover.

Review Source

IZ

Ilnaz Z.  
Student  
Education Management  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Amazon AWS Service Review"

August 30, 2018

5.0

Best expectation about trial service

Pros

An option to use wireless free usage up to 12 month remote connection to servers in frame of AWS Amazon Service.

Cons

Lack of ability to test highly operational types of EC2 Instances.

Review Source

Gavin O.  
Sales Representative  
Consumer Services  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Amazon"

September 4, 2018

4.0

Pros

It’s great for finding products and things that you need from home.

Cons

Not all the products are quality and are falsely advertised.

Review Source

HF

Heather F.  
Admin  
Human Resources  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "RDS Amazon"

September 19, 2018

4.0

Pros

The software is easy to use and makes life easier

Cons

sometimes my internet is slow so it doesn't load properly

Review Source

AB

Anupama B.  
Student  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Review for Amazon RDS"

November 13, 2018

5.0

Pros

I like that Amazon RDS is very user-friendly and has a great customer support system.

Cons

I experienced some glitches here and there so that can be fixed.

Review Source

jY

jonah Y.  
student  
Hospital & Health Care  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Amazon RDS review"

December 1, 2018

4.0

Pros

\- high availability databases - no manual configuration needed

Cons

\- cross-region replication not available for some platforms

Review Source

DK

Dhaval K.  
Technical Support Representative  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Amazon RDS is the service to move your database to cloud"

February 17, 2019

5.0

Pros

Amazon RDS provide both relational database and non-relational database from many database provider

Cons

I thing the implementation to amazon rds and set up and migrating database is bit tricky should have been more easier

Review Source

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