# Amazon RDS alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 124 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Amazon RDS holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/amazon-rds/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon Aurora: 20
- Supabase: 12
- Azure SQL Database: 6
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: 5
- Google Cloud SQL: 5
- Neon: 4

## Managed relational databases

**Small business**: 35 of 84 answers did not name Amazon RDS (Amazon RDS is #2 of 8 at 24%).

- Supabase: first choice in 8 of those 35
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 3 of those 35
- Neon: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) from AWS: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Amazon RDS with PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 1 of those 35
- MongoDB: first choice in 1 of those 35
- MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 35

**Mid-market**: 35 of 84 answers did not name Amazon RDS (Amazon RDS is #1 of 11 at 51%).

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 4 of those 35
- Supabase: first choice in 4 of those 35
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 2 of those 35
- DigitalOcean Managed Databases: first choice in 2 of those 35
- Neon: first choice in 2 of those 35
- AWS Amazon RDS: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 35
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 1 of those 35

**Enterprise**: 54 of 84 answers did not name Amazon RDS (Amazon RDS is #2 of 8 at 20%).

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 16 of those 54
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 4 of those 54
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 3 of those 54
- AWS: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Azure SQL Managed Instance: first choice in 1 of those 54
- Managed MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 54
- PostgreSQL: first choice in 1 of those 54

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