Managed relational databases for enterprise buyers
Asked as “managed relational database service”, and as “hosted SQL database”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 53 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, twelve models each.
Standing · first-choice share
36%
Contested · Amazon Aurora 30%
36Amazon RDS30Amazon Aurora15Azure SQL Database19others
36% of first choices, contested.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all twelve models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrant
Show the one product at 0%, ordered by negative rate
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Google Cloud SQL is made by Google, whose model Gemini 3.5 Flash is in the set. On the four share prompts that model made it the first choice zero times of 4; the other eleven models four times of 44. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
Head to head
Amazon RDS vs Google Cloud SQLAmazon RDS vs Amazon AuroraAmazon RDS vs DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Head-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Amazon RDS vs NeonAmazon RDS vs Azure SQL DatabaseAmazon RDS vs SupabaseAmazon RDS vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLGoogle Cloud SQL vs Amazon AuroraGoogle Cloud SQL vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesGoogle Cloud SQL vs NeonGoogle Cloud SQL vs Azure SQL DatabaseGoogle Cloud SQL vs SupabaseGoogle Cloud SQL vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLAmazon Aurora vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesAmazon Aurora vs NeonAmazon Aurora vs Azure SQL DatabaseAmazon Aurora vs SupabaseAmazon Aurora vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs NeonDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs Azure SQL DatabaseDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs SupabaseDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLNeon vs Azure SQL DatabaseNeon vs SupabaseNeon vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLAzure SQL Database vs SupabaseAzure SQL Database vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQLSupabase vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative50%
Key
01Amazon RDS36%
Amazon RDS36%02Amazon Aurora30%
Amazon Aurora30%03Azure SQL Database15%
Azure SQL Database15%04Google Cloud SQL8%
Google Cloud SQL8%05Oracle Autonomous Database2%
Oracle Autonomous Database2%06CockroachDB0%
What they warned about
Three of twelve models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX and MiniMax M2.5 changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Azure SQL Database18%
9 of 49 labels negative · 8 of 12 models
“Azure SQL is a strong managed relational offering... However, be aware of resource caps, licensing implications, and the need for robust disaster‑recovery across regions.” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
Amazon Aurora25%
9 of 36 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 2 hard negative
“Avoid Serverless Auto-Scaling (e.g., Aurora Serverless v2) for High Baselines” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Amazon RDS12%
6 of 52 labels negative · 6 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“Verdict: Highest caution — often avoid for production core systems.” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
PlanetScale71%
5 of 7 labels negative · 5 of 12 models · 1 hard negative
“PlanetScale shut down its database service for new users back in 2023” DeepSeek V4 Flash, negative prompt
What they cite
Twelve of the twelve models returned a source list in this edition: four return the pages they cited and eight the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
59 of 72 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 12 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 931 links across 269 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
vendor site · Gitnux29 answers · 45 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Amazon27 answers · 57 citations · 11 models
25 answers · 25 citations · 8 models
24 answers · 53 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Google23 answers · 35 citations · 11 models
22 answers · 22 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Northflank17 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
vendor site · G216 answers · 24 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Instaclustr13 answers · 15 citations · 7 models
13 answers · 13 citations · 7 models
vendor site · Microsoft12 answers · 24 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Microsoft12 answers · 17 citations · 10 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
26 answers · 8 models
25 answers · 8 models
22 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 10 models
15 answers · 8 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 9 models
11 answers · 8 models
10 answers · 5 models
10 answers · 5 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best managed relational database service”, “managed relational database service”, “managed relational database services”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon aws.amazon.com Amazon RDS 36%, Amazon Aurora 30% | 66% | 164 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | |
| Azure parent site Azure SQL Database 15%, Azure SQL Managed Instance 4%, Azure Database 0%, Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance 0% and 2 more | 19% | 136 | 301,000 | 47,904 | |||
| Google Cloud cloud.google.com Google Cloud SQL 8% | 8% | 157 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 7,405,347 | ||
| Oracle parent site Oracle Autonomous Database 2%, Oracle Database 0%, Oracle Cloud Database 0% | 2% | 16 | 450,000 | 66,611 | |||
| Google Cloud google.dev Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDB 2%, Google Cloud Spanner 0% | 2% | 23 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 881,346 | 109 | |
| PostgreSQL postgresql.org | 2% | 77 | 74,000 | 14,143 | 465,585 | ||
| MySQL mysql.com | 2% | 24 | 74,000 | 17,611 | 257,846 | ||
| CockroachDB | 0% | 4,400 | 145 | ||||
| AlloyDB for PostgreSQL | 0% | 50 | 8 | ||||
| Instaclustr instaclustr.com | 0% | 3 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 17 sites; 2 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, learn.microsoft.com). The first result for “best managed relational database service” is trustradius.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best managed relational database service for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which hosted SQL database would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade managed relational database services and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed relational database service for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a managed relational database service. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed relational database services should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDSAmazon RDS, Azure SQL DatabaseChangedAmazon RDSAzure SQL Databaseno first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, MariaDB on Azure, PlanetScale
Two alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
Google Cloud SQL, PostgreSQL or MySQL managed servicesTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLGPT-5.4 miniAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSAmazon RDS, Azure SQL Managed InstanceChangedAmazon RDSAmazon Aurorano first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseFive alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLGemini 3.5 FlashAmazon AuroraAmazon AuroraHeldAmazon AuroraAmazon Auroraagainst: Amazon Aurorano first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Fly.io, Heroku Postgres, Linode Managed Databases, Microsoft SQL Server, Neon, Oracle Autonomous Database, PlanetScale, Railway, Render Postgres, Scaleway, Supabase, Vultr Managed Databases
Four alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SpannerFour alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SpannerFive alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database/Azure SQL Managed Instance, CockroachDB, Google Cloud Spanner, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseTwo alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL DatabasePerplexity SonarAmazon RDSAzure SQL DatabaseChangedno first choiceGoogle Cloud SQLAmazon RDSagainst: Amazon Aurora, Amazon Aurora DSQL, Amazon RDS, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL
Three alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle DatabaseFour alternatives
Amazon Aurora, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SQL, TiDBTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Oracle DatabaseGrok 4.20Amazon RDSAmazon RDSHeldAmazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseAmazon Auroraagainst: DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseAmazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDB, MySQL, PostgreSQLagainst: Aiven for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQL, Linode Managed Databases, Neon, Supabase
Four alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQLTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLThree alternatives
Aiven for PostgreSQL, Instaclustr, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseMistral SmallGoogle Cloud SQLAmazon RDS, Azure SQL DatabaseChangedno first choiceAmazon RDSno first choicenothing named
Two alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL DatabaseTwo alternatives
CockroachDB, Google Cloud SQLDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon RDSAmazon AuroraChangedAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSno first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure SQL Database, Fauna, Google Cloud SQL, PlanetScale
Two alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDBOne alternative
Azure SQL DatabaseFive alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLLlama 4 MaverickAmazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLAzure SQL DatabaseChangedRackspace TechnologyAmazon RDSno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS
Four alternatives
Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Kyndryl, PythianThree alternatives
Azure Database, Crunchy Bridge, Google Cloud SQLQwen 3.7 FlashAmazon AuroraAmazon AuroraHeldagainst: OracleAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSAmazon Aurorano first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, CockroachDB, Firebase, Firebird, IBM Db2, InterSystems IRIS / Caché, Neon, PlanetScale, Supabase, YugabyteDB
Three alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud Spanner, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SpannerFour alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud SpannerOne alternative
Azure Database for PostgreSQLKimi K2Amazon AuroraAmazon RDSChangedAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSAzure SQL Databaseno first choiceagainst: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL
Two alternatives
Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDBTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLFour alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDB, IBM Db2, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLGLM 4.7 FlashXOracle Autonomous DatabaseAmazon RDS, Azure SQL Managed InstanceChangedAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSGoogle Cloud SQLagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Databaseno first choiceagainst: Azure SQL Managed Instance, MongoDB Atlas
Six alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure Database, Google Cloud SQL, Instaclustr, Nutanix Era, pgEdgeTwo alternatives
Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureFive alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseOne alternative
DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesMiniMax M2.5Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL DatabaseAmazon AuroraChangedagainst: Google Cloud SQLno first choiceAmazon RDSAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSagainst: Neon, PlanetScaleagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQL, IBM Cloud – Databases for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Enterprise DB, Linode Managed Databases, Oracle Base Database Service, Rackspace, Vultr Managed Databases
One alternative
Azure SQL Database / Managed InstanceTwo alternatives
Azure Database, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Seventy-two rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:30 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:36 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:48 | yes | 33 | 15 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 12 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:36 | yes | 10 | 14 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:30 | no | 0 | 41 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 19 | 64 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 24 | 163 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 16 | 49 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:22 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:36 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 20 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 43 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:33 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 10 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:24 | no | 0 | 41 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:34 | yes | 9 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:32 | yes | 20 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 5 | 76 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 19 | 14 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:43 | yes | 7 | 14 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 8 | 23 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 33 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 19 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 5 | 46 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 19 | 41 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 25 | 122 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 5 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:45 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:29 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:38 | yes | 20 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 20 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:30 | yes | 39 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 9 | 12 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:32 | no | 0 | 44 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:25 | yes | 25 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:21 | yes | 14 | 28 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 21 | 108 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 19 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:33 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:41 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:39 | yes | 20 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 15 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:44 | no | 0 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:32 | yes | 30 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 5 | 37 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:28 | yes | 20 | 56 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:27 | yes | 25 | 75 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:23 | yes | 10 | 36 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-09-17 07:40 | yes | 18 | 12 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-09-17 07:23 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 11 | 29 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-09-17 07:35 | yes | 20 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex (asked for grok-4.20-non-reasoning; the API answered as this version) | 2026-09-17 07:44 | yes | 25 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-09-17 07:47 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via fireworks | 2026-09-17 07:46 | yes | 28 | 50 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-09-17 07:42 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-09-17 07:30 | no | 0 | 43 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-09-17 07:26 | yes | 30 | 103 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-09-17 07:48 | yes | 28 | 63 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-09-17 07:35 | no | 0 | 71 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
AWS RDS/Aurora read as Amazon RDS
Aiven read as Aiven for PostgreSQL
AlloyDB read as AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Amazon RDS / Aurora (AWS) read as Amazon RDS
Amazon RDS with Aurora read as Amazon RDS
Amazon RDS/Aurora read as Amazon RDS
Azure SQL read as Azure SQL Database
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Linode read as Linode Managed Databases
Linode/Akamai read as Linode Managed Databases
Oracle Base Database read as Oracle Base Database Service
Oracle Database Cloud Service read as Oracle Base Database Service
Render read as Render Postgres
Vultr read as Vultr Managed Databases
Unresolved, counted raw
Firebird (Managed)
IBM Cloud – Databases for PostgreSQL, MySQL, Enterprise DB
InterSystems IRIS / Caché
Kyndryl Managed Database Services
MariaDB on Azure
Nutanix Era
Oracle Database services
PostgreSQL on RDS or self-hosted
PostgreSQL or MySQL managed services
Rackspace Technology Managed Database Services
pgEdge
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.