We performed a comparison between Amazon RDS, Google Cloud Spanner, and SQL Azure based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, MongoDB and others in Database as a Service."The most valuable feature is that it is a fully managed database, where they handle most of the administrative tasks and leaves the users more time to concentrate on business."
"One of the most valuable features is that it is serverless, so we don't have to worry about scaling."
"Amazon RDS handles database backup mechanisms and patch management."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The most valuable aspect of Amazon RDS is it is on the cloud."
"Amazon RDS is a scalable solution."
"It makes it easy to administer the database. It helps to scale your database by providing Read Replicas, which reduce transaction time. It is highly available and durable which helps in disaster recovery and management."
"The product solved our DevOps and admin problems."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its scalability. Scalability comes with two options, among which Google Cloud Spanner can scale horizontally, compared to other relational databases that scale vertically."
"We can scale the solution if we need to."
"Google Cloud Spanner is stable."
"The application deployment in the cloud is the best feature of the infrastructure."
"Coding does not require much effort."
"This solution provides more comfort to the end-user compared to a normal SQL server."
"The scalability and simple management of the infrastructure are the most valuable features."
"What I like about SQL Azure is that it's similar to your on-premises SQL databases. It's not much different, so it's easy to start quickly on the solution if you know Microsoft SQL. I find its ease of use most valuable, and I also like that SQL Azure is also easily integrated with the Azure Cloud platform."
"The most useful feature of Azure SQL is the queries for manipulating the data, such as the tables and the storage processors."
"The solution is a fairly mature product. It provides good stability."
"The SQL connector effectively syncs data to our database."
"SQL Azure is good with transactional systems."
"There are a few aspects of database management that have room for improvement. There are a few parameters in the solution that are a bit unclear at our end as it's not understandable."
"The solution's version upgrade and performance could be improved."
"The solution could improve by adding a sandbox environment and more security."
"Amazon RDS needs to have an overall dashboard where I can view all the tables in the form of pie charts and Gantt charts. The deployment is complex, and we would like to see automated scripts. It needs to incorporate performance insights."
"Some of the features will not be there. For example, some on-premises things we want to set up will not be supported there. There are some challenges that they are fixing."
"If we do not keep track of our costs, we might face some problems."
"There are some advanced monitoring queries that we cannot execute because Amazon doesn't give admin privileges to the end users."
"In the next release, it would be great to see RDS provide connection pooling out of the box."
"The tool needs to improve horizontal scaling."
"I want to improve the deployment of cameras and surveillance infrastructure."
"The cost can be a bit high."
"Google came up with something called Cloud Spanner Emulator, which fails to work like the real product if I want to develop some code and run a database locally on my machine."
"The problem is the automated configuration."
"SQL Azure could improve by adding more features."
"In terms of support, they don't give much support."
"I think this product can improve its integrations with business intelligence software. The integrations are always cumbersome due to the approvals, passwords, et cetera."
"I think that the cost management in SQL is not clear because we may use some tax to identify products, but in some cases identifying the transactions in SQL is not easy for some financial cost centers."
"Their support is nice but their responses aren't effective."
"The solution could improve by allowing the export of the data more seamlessly. It is difficult to copy and back up data."
"The pricing is very high."
