Amazon RDS vs SQLStream

Amazon RDS plans

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

SQLStream plans

• SQLStream Pro$299, paid once

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 SQLStream if…

SQLStream suits teams monitoring PostgreSQL or MySQL query performance in their own infrastructure. It requires users to supply an OpenAI, Anthropic, or local Ollama API key.