What are the most common cloud-based RDBMS solutions?

1 Amazon RDS

Amazon RDS is a fully managed service that allows you to create, operate, and scale relational databases in the cloud. It supports six RDBMS engines: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, and Amazon Aurora. Amazon RDS handles the administrative tasks such as backups, patches, scaling, replication, and security. You can also use Amazon RDS to migrate your existing databases to the cloud or create hybrid solutions with on-premises databases. Some of the benefits of Amazon RDS are its high availability, performance, compatibility, and scalability.

2 Microsoft Azure SQL Database

Microsoft Azure SQL Database is a cloud-based version of SQL Server that offers a platform as a service (PaaS) model. It enables you to create and manage relational databases in the cloud without having to install, configure, or maintain any hardware or software. It also supports features such as automatic backups, geo-replication, elastic pools, and serverless computing. You can use Azure SQL Database to develop new applications or migrate your existing SQL Server databases to the cloud. Some of the advantages of Azure SQL Database are its low cost, security, flexibility, and integration with other Azure services.

3 Google Cloud SQL

Google Cloud SQL is a fully managed service that allows you to create and manage MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server databases in the Google Cloud Platform. It provides features such as automatic backups, high availability, encryption, replication, and scaling. You can use Google Cloud SQL to store and query data for your cloud-based applications or to connect your on-premises databases to the cloud. Some of the benefits of Google Cloud SQL are its simplicity, reliability, compatibility, and performance.

4 Oracle Cloud Database

Oracle Cloud Database is a cloud-based solution that offers both infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) models. It allows you to create and manage Oracle databases in the cloud with various options such as autonomous, bare metal, virtual machine, or exadata. It also supports features such as backup and recovery, data guard, encryption, patching, and scaling. You can use Oracle Cloud Database to run your Oracle applications or to migrate your existing Oracle databases to the cloud. Some of the advantages of Oracle Cloud Database are its automation, security, efficiency, and compatibility.

5 Here’s what else to consider

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