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Amazon RDS vs CockroachDB

A side-by-side look at Amazon RDS and CockroachDB. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS

Online Services

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a cloud-based relational database service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale databases in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administration tasks.

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CockroachDB

CockroachDB

Development

CockroachDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database that scales horizontally with high availability to tolerate failures and supports strongly consistent ACID transactions. It aims to provide scalability, survivability, and data consistency across multiple datacenters.

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