Amazon RDS vs Azure SQL Database

Head-to-head comparison · Database

At a glance

Only Amazon RDS offers a free tier.

Amazon RDS handles the heavy lifting of running relational databases on AWS, covering MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and MariaDB. It automates provisioning, patching, and backups, letting teams deploy standard da…

CATEGORY Database

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FREE TIER Available

TIER free

Free for 12 months

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Azure SQL Database is Microsoft’s fully managed relational database service, handling the underlying infrastructure so you can focus on building and scaling applications. It supports standard SQL workloads with automatio…

CATEGORY Database

PRICING Pay-as-you-go

FREE TIER None

TIER pay-as-you-go

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Pricing Tiers

AMAZON RDS

Free Tier Free/month

On-Demand $0.0170/hour

On-Demand $0.0680/hour

On-Demand $6.20/hour

On-Demand $45.76/hour

On-Demand $5.26/hour

On-Demand $16.42/hour

On-Demand $16.60/hour

AZURE SQL DATABASE

Basic $4.99/month

Free Tier Free/month

On-Demand $0.1000/GB/month

On-Demand $0.3650/hour

On-Demand $0.5480/hour

On-Demand $15.00/day

On-Demand $0.0725/day

On-Demand $0.2500/GB/month