# Amazon RDS alternatives: what AI models name instead, October 2026

IT AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. 137 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Amazon RDS holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://it-ai-index.com/vendors/amazon-rds/alternatives/

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon Aurora: 17
- Neon: 11
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: 10
- Supabase: 10
- Azure SQL Database: 6
- Google Cloud SQL: 5

## Managed relational databases

**Small business**: 36 of 84 answers did not name Amazon RDS (Amazon RDS is #1 of 8 at 24%).

- Supabase: first choice in 7 of those 36
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 6 of those 36
- Neon: first choice in 6 of those 36
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 2 of those 36
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 36
- CloudClusters.io: first choice in 1 of those 36
- Hostman: first choice in 1 of those 36
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 36

**Mid-market**: 43 of 84 answers did not name Amazon RDS (Amazon RDS is #1 of 9 at 45%).

- Neon: first choice in 5 of those 43
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 4 of those 43
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 4 of those 43
- Supabase: first choice in 3 of those 43
- Clever Cloud: first choice in 1 of those 43

**Enterprise**: 58 of 84 answers did not name Amazon RDS (Amazon RDS is #3 of 8 at 20%).

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 13 of those 58
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 6 of those 58
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 3 of those 58
- Oracle Autonomous Database: first choice in 2 of those 58
- AWS: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Amazon Aurora with I/O-Optimized pricing: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) on AWS: first choice in 1 of those 58
- Amazon RDS for SQL Server: first choice in 1 of those 58

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