Amazon · 1 category · RankedAmazon RDS
Standing by category
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managed relational databases | Data platform | 32% | 1 of 73 | 22% | 59 | endorsed leader |
Movement
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Grok 4.1 Fast | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Mistral Small | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Kimi K2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
By framing
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“Supported Engines: Most comprehensive—supports 6 engines ... Choose AWS RDS/Aurora if you need broad engine support and cloud-native performance” MiniMax M2.5 · Managed databases · comparative prompt · first choice
“For Most Users: Start with AWS RDS (broadest engines, mature) or Google Cloud SQL (price/performance edge)—but POC costs first.” Grok 4.1 Fast · Managed databases · negative prompt · first choice
“The Corporate Standard: AWS RDS / Amazon Aurora ... Amazon Aurora (preferred over standard RDS for higher performance and scalability)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · Managed databases · direct prompt · first choice
“the most common winning choice for mid-market B2B is managed PostgreSQL — either AWS Aurora PostgreSQL or AWS RDS PostgreSQL” DeepSeek V4 Flash · Managed databases · direct prompt · first choice
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“Amazon has significantly less detailed documentation for AWS RDS limitations compared to Azure SQL. AWS RDS SQL Server lacks the native backup solution for restoring a database to point in time” Claude Haiku 4.5 · Managed databases · negative prompt · soft negative
“Amazon RDS: Be cautious if you need *extreme write throughput*, *near-infinite horizontal scaling*, *full engine control*, or *global write distribution*” Perplexity Sonar · Managed databases · negative prompt · soft negative
“it may not be suitable for applications that require custom kernel parameters, filesystem-level tuning, or unsupported database extensions” Llama 4 Maverick · Managed databases · negative prompt · soft negative
“Avoid (or use with caution): Amazon RDS if you require root access to the OS for kernel tuning or custom extensions.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · Managed databases · negative prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
What carried it into the answer
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, four of the twelve in this edition, so these counts come from 129 of the 163 answers that named Amazon RDS and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
451 of the 451 domain citations in answers naming Amazon RDS came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Names read as Amazon RDS
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