Managed relational databases for enterprise buyers
Asked as “managed relational database service”, and as “hosted SQL database”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 49 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each.
Standing · first-choice share
43%
Clear leader
43Amazon Aurora20Amazon RDS16Azure SQL Database20others
43% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▲+17Since October 2026: 26% → 43%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.Amazon Aurora held the lead, +17 points on 26%, past the floor.
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.
Small business
Supabase29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Supabase (29%) replaces Amazon RDS (24% then, 24% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-market
Amazon RDS51%Clear leader▲+6Since October 2026: 45% → 51%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Enterprise
Amazon Aurora43%Clear leader▲+17Since October 2026: 26% → 43%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This page
Supabase29%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Supabase (29%) replaces Amazon RDS (24% then, 24% now), 5 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Standing →Mid-marketAmazon RDS51%Clear leader▲+6Since October 2026: 45% → 51%, +6 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseAmazon Aurora43%Clear leader▲+17Since October 2026: 26% → 43%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Amazon Aurora43%13%55endorsed leader▲+17Since October 2026: 26% → 43%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.26% → 43%
Amazon Aurora43%13%55endorsed leader▲+17Since October 2026: 26% → 43%, +17 points. Past the 11-point floor: movement.26% → 43%02Amazon RDS20%21%53accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 20% → 20%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.20% → 20%
Amazon RDS20%21%53accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 20% → 20%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.20% → 20%03
Azure SQL Database16%16%63accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 24% → 16%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.24% → 16%
Azure SQL Database16%16%63accepted challenger▼−8Since October 2026: 24% → 16%, −8 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.24% → 16%04
Google Cloud SQL Lab in the set8%12%60accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 9% → 8%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 8%
Google Cloud SQL Lab in the set8%12%60accepted challenger▼−1Since October 2026: 9% → 8%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.9% → 8%Show the four products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
06
Oracle Autonomous Database0%21%14accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
Oracle Autonomous Database0%21%14accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%07
Google Cloud Spanner Lab in the set0%20%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Google Cloud Spanner Lab in the set0%20%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08CockroachDB0%20%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
05AlloyDB for PostgreSQL0%4%25accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
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 thirteen models four times of 52. Google Cloud Spanner 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 thirteen models zero times of 52. Lab treatment is defined on the method page; the row is marked, not excluded.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
All twenty-one head-to-head pages: the top seven products, each against each
Amazon RDS vs SupabaseAmazon RDS vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesAmazon RDS vs NeonAzure SQL Database vs Google Cloud SQLAzure SQL Database vs Amazon AuroraAzure SQL Database vs SupabaseAzure SQL Database vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesAzure SQL Database vs NeonGoogle Cloud SQL vs Amazon AuroraGoogle Cloud SQL vs SupabaseGoogle Cloud SQL vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesGoogle Cloud SQL vs NeonAmazon Aurora vs SupabaseAmazon Aurora vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesAmazon Aurora vs NeonSupabase vs DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesSupabase vs NeonDigitalOcean Managed Databases vs Neon
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 →
01020304A05
0607C08
Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Amazon Aurora43%
Amazon Aurora43%02Amazon RDS20%
Amazon RDS20%03Azure SQL Database16%
Azure SQL Database16%04Google Cloud SQL8%
Google Cloud SQL8%05AlloyDB for PostgreSQL0%
06Oracle Autonomous Database0%
Oracle Autonomous Database0%07Google Cloud Spanner0%
Google Cloud Spanner0%08CockroachDB0%
What they warned about
Five of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. GPT-5.4 mini, Grok 4.20, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B 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.
Amazon RDS21%
11 of 53 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 2 hard negative
“rated Amazon RDS with "highest caution" and recommended avoiding it for "production core systems"” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Azure SQL Database16%
10 of 63 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid Auto-Scaling Serverless Tiers for Core Workloads: ... far more expensive and less predictable” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
Google Cloud SQL12%
7 of 60 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“High Write Throughput: Avoid Google Cloud SQL (Standard).” GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt
Amazon Aurora13%
7 of 55 labels negative · 6 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“Avoid Auto-Scaling Serverless Tiers for Core Workloads: ... far more expensive and less predictable” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
68 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 861 links across 265 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 92 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Amazon35 answers · 77 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Google32 answers · 55 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Microsoft27 answers · 40 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Amazon25 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
publisher (Gane)22 answers · 25 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G217 answers · 24 citations · 8 models
vendor site · MariaDB17 answers · 21 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Microsoft16 answers · 34 citations · 9 models
vendor site · GitHub15 answers · 18 citations · 6 models
vendor site · Google14 answers · 19 citations · 7 models
14 answers · 14 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Northflank14 answers · 14 citations · 8 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.
22 answers · 9 models
21 answers · 11 models
20 answers · 9 models
13 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 9 models
10 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 7 models
9 answers · 5 models
9 answers · 6 models
8 answers · 7 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 Aurora 43%, Amazon RDS 20%, AWS 2% | 65% | 164 | 151,000,000 | 1,380,939 | 9,238,321 | $20,476 | |
| Azure parent site Azure SQL Database 16%, Azure SQL Managed Instance 4%, Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance 2%, Azure Database for PostgreSQL 0% and 1 more | 22% | 136 | 301,000 | 47,904 | |||
| Google Cloud cloud.google.com Google Cloud SQL 8% | 8% | 157 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 7,405,347 | ||
| Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized | 2% | ||||||
| Microsoft parent site Microsoft SQL Server 2% | 2% | 29 | 2,240,000 | 403,136 | |||
| AlloyDB for PostgreSQL | 0% | 50 | 8 | ||||
| Oracle parent site Oracle Autonomous Database 0%, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 0% | 0% | 50 | 450,000 | 66,611 | |||
| Google Cloud google.dev Google Cloud Spanner 0%, Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDB 0% | 0% | 23 | 165,000 | 7,596 | 881,346 | 109 | |
| CockroachDB | 0% | 4,400 | 145 | ||||
| Aiven aiven.io Aiven for PostgreSQL 0% | 0% | 14 | 1,600 | 21 | 10,024 company | $59 | 26 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 17 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (ciopages.com, 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 RDSAmazon RDSHeldAmazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLGoogle Cloud SQLagainst: Amazon RDSno first choiceagainst: Neon, PlanetScale
Two alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureOne alternative
DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesGPT-5.4 miniAmazon AuroraAmazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Microsoft SQL ServerChangedAmazon RDSAmazon Aurora I/O-Optimizedagainst: Amazon RDSno first choiceagainst: AWS, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle
Four alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseTwo alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Google Cloud SQLFive alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDBGemini 3.5 FlashAmazon AuroraAmazon AuroraHeldAmazon AuroraAmazon Auroraagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracleno first choiceagainst: AWS Aurora Serverless v1/v2, AWS RDS Single-AZ, Azure SQL Database, Fly.io, GCP Cloud SQL Single-Zone, Microsoft SQL Server, Neon, Oracle, Railway, Render Postgres
Three alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, CockroachDBFour alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SpannerSix alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database/Azure SQL Managed Instance, CockroachDB, Google Cloud Spanner, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseFour alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQLPerplexity SonarAmazon AuroraAmazon AuroraHeldno first choiceagainst: Google Cloud SpannerAmazon RDSno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Amazon RDS for MySQL, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDB
Five alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Spanner, Standard Amazon RDS PostgreSQLFour alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQLSeven alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Cloud Database, YugabyteDBFour alternatives
Aiven for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Crunchy Bridge, Google Cloud SQLGrok 4.20Amazon RDSAzure SQL DatabaseChangedagainst: Neon, PlanetScale for MySQL/VitessAmazon RDSAzure SQL Databaseagainst: Amazon RDS, Oracle Autonomous Databaseno first choiceagainst: Aiven for PostgreSQL, Neon, PlanetScale, Supabase, Timescale Cloudagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle
Three alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseFour alternatives
Amazon RDS, CockroachDB, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud SpannerFour alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database/Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseOne alternative
Google Cloud SQLMistral SmallAmazon AuroraAmazon AuroraHeldAmazon AuroraAmazon RDSno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS
Two alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL DatabaseThree alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Autonomous DatabaseFour alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle DatabaseDeepSeek V4 FlashAmazon AuroraAzure SQL DatabaseChangedno first choiceAmazon Auroraagainst: DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQLno first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure Cosmos DB, CockroachDB Cloud, Fauna, Google Cloud Spanner, RDS for Oracle, Snowflake, YugabyteDB Cloud
Three alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDBOne alternative
Amazon AuroraSeven alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Google Cloud Spanner, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL DatabaseLlama 4 MaverickAmazon AuroraAmazon AuroraHeldno first choiceAmazon RDSno first choiceagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, PlanetScale
Four alternatives
Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle DatabaseTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
MariaDB, NorthflankQwen 3.7 FlashAWSagainst: Oracle Autonomous DatabaseAmazon Aurora, Azure SQL Managed InstanceChangedno first choiceagainst: Oracle Autonomous DatabaseAmazon Aurorano first choiceagainst: AWS RDS for MySQL / MariaDB, AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure Database for PostgreSQL Hyperscale, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL
Three alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, Microsoft AzureOne alternative
AlloyDB for PostgreSQLFive alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLTwo alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL DatabaseKimi K2Amazon AuroraAzure SQL Managed InstanceChangedno first choiceAmazon Auroraagainst: DigitalOcean Managed DatabasesAmazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQLagainst: CockroachDB, Databricks, IBM Db2 on Cloud, Oracle, PlanetScale, Snowflake, Supabaseagainst: AWS RDS for MariaDB 10.6, AWS RDS for MySQL 8.0, Amazon Aurora, Azure Database for MariaDB, Azure SQL Database, CockroachDB, Databricks, MariaDB's own DBaaS, PlanetScale, Snowflake, TiDB, YugabyteDB
Two alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL / AlloyDBFive alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, SnowflakeTwo alternatives
Azure SQL Database, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseTwo alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon AuroraGLM 4.7 FlashXAmazon AuroraAzure SQL DatabaseChangedAmazon AuroraAmazon RDS, Azure SQL Databaseno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQL, Microsoft Access, Oracle Database
Four alternatives
Azure SQL Database, EDB BigAnimal, Google Cloud SQL, YugabyteDB AeonTwo alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Google Cloud SQLFive alternatives
Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseOne alternative
Google Cloud SQLMiniMax M2.5Amazon Aurorano first choiceChangedAmazon RDSAzure SQL Database / Managed Instanceno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL
Six alternatives
Aiven for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, CockroachDB Cloud, DigitalOcean Managed Databases, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Autonomous DatabaseFour alternatives
Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL, Oracle Cloud InfrastructureTwo alternatives
Amazon RDS, Google Cloud SQLGPT-6 LunaAmazon AuroraAmazon Aurora, Google Cloud SQLChangedno first choiceGoogle Cloud SQLno first choiceagainst: Amazon RDS, Amazon RDS for SQL Server, Aurora MySQL or Aurora PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Google Cloud SQL
Three alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, RDS for PostgreSQLOne alternative
Azure SQL DatabaseOne alternative
Azure SQL DatabaseMuse Glimmer 30BAmazon AuroraAzure SQL DatabaseChangedAmazon Aurora, Amazon RDSAmazon RDSagainst: Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Databaseno first choiceagainst: AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Quantum Ledger Database – QLDB, Amazon RDS, Azure Cosmos DB, Cloud SQL for SQL Server legacy editions, Google Cloud Spanner, MariaDB Database as a Service
One alternative
Azure SQL DatabaseFive alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQL, MySQLFour alternatives
AlloyDB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Managed Instance, Google Cloud SQLThree alternatives
Amazon Aurora, 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.
Eighty-four 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 | 2026-11-01 14:12 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 17:35 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 09:10 | yes | 11 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 09:19 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:25 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 14:56 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 09:43 | yes | 25 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:35 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:52 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:21 | yes | 15 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 20 | 50 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 12:38 | yes | 5 | 77 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 4 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 10:00 | yes | 12 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:53 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:24 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:51 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 18:31 | yes | 10 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:36 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:42 | yes | 20 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 11:16 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:16 | no | 0 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:34 | yes | 18 | 48 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 14 | 63 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:08 | no | 0 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:06 | yes | 1 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 13:21 | yes | 12 | 21 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:26 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:37 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:21 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 10 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:00 | yes | 5 | 15 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:33 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:57 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:05 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:05 | no | 0 | 32 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:34 | yes | 20 | 39 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 13:36 | yes | 15 | 122 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 10 | 49 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:05 | yes | 7 | 17 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:28 | yes | 23 | 43 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 18:50 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:14 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 13:03 | no | 0 | 16 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:39 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:46 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:08 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:19 | yes | 22 | 19 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 16:34 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:23 | yes | 5 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:39 | yes | 19 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:16 | yes | 24 | 143 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:47 | yes | 24 | 107 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:41 | yes | 2 | 14 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:43 | yes | 22 | 40 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:11 | yes | 20 | 14 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 18:03 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:46 | no | 0 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:46 | yes | 10 | 11 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:38 | yes | 10 | 16 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 18:58 | no | 0 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:52 | yes | 24 | 38 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:20 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:15 | yes | 20 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:17 | no | 0 | 89 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 25 | 71 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:34 | no | 0 | 17 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 18:36 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 17:40 | yes | 15 | 24 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 08:57 | yes | 26 | 13 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:45 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:39 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:31 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 13:42 | yes | 14 | 17 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:40 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 24 | 53 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:57 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:16 | yes | 10 | 41 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:34 | yes | 24 | 67 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:46 | yes | 24 | 245 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:55 | yes | 25 | 77 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 19:22 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 24 | 33 s |
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AWS RDS/Aurora read as Amazon RDS
Aiven read as Aiven for PostgreSQL
AlloyDB read as AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
AlloyDB (Postgres) read as AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
Amazon RDS/Aurora read as Amazon RDS
Azure SQL read as Azure SQL Database
DigitalOcean read as DigitalOcean Managed Databases
Heroku read as Heroku Postgres
Oracle Autonomous AI Database read as Oracle Autonomous Database
Render read as Render Postgres
Unresolved, counted raw
AWS Aurora Serverless v1/v2
AWS RDS Single-AZ
AWS RDS for MariaDB 10.6
AWS RDS for MySQL / MariaDB (Community Edition)
AWS RDS for MySQL 8.0
Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database – QLDB
Amazon RDS for MySQL
Aurora MySQL or Aurora PostgreSQL
Aurora PG
Azure DB Postgres
Azure Database for PostgreSQL Hyperscale
Cloud SQL Postgres
Cloud SQL for SQL Server legacy editions
CockroachCloud
CockroachDB Cloud
EDB
GCP Cloud SQL Single-Zone
IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL
IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL / Db2 offerings
Macrometa
MariaDB Database as a Service
MariaDB SkySQL
MariaDB's own DBaaS
Microsoft Access
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Autonomous Database
Oracle Exadata Database Service
PlanetScale for MySQL/Vitess
RDS for Oracle
SAP HEC (HANA Enterprise Cloud)
Standard Amazon RDS PostgreSQL
Vitess
YugabyteDB Aeon
YugabyteDB Cloud
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.