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Amazon RDS vs Datadog Database Monitoring

Amazon RDS

7.1#3 in database performance monitoring softwareFree plan

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Datadog Database Monitoring

5.5#19 in database performance monitoring softwareFrom $70 a month

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What both publish

Fact	Amazon RDS	Datadog Database Monitoring
Founded	2006	2010
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington, United States	New York City, New York, USA

Amazon RDS plans

AWS Free TierFree
AWS Free Tier for RDSFree
On-demand—
On-Demand Instances—
Reserved Instance—
Reserved Instances—

Datadog Database Monitoring plans

Database Monitoring — annual$70 a month
Database Monitoring — month-to-month$84 a month

Pick Amazon RDS if…

Amazon RDS suits teams seeking managed relational databases across its supported engines, with backup, scaling, monitoring, and security controls. It also supports read-heavy workloads through read replicas.

Pick Datadog Database Monitoring if…

You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.

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