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DigitalOcean Managed Databases is a managed relational database service from DigitalOcean · digitalocean.com ↗
Strongest at small business. Thin evidence at enterprise: six labels.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Supabase is first at 29%.
Amazon RDS is first at 51%.
Amazon Aurora is first at 43%.
Why models recommend it
“DigitalOcean Managed Databases is often the best default: it offers managed PostgreSQL and MySQL with predictable pricing starting around $15/month”Perplexity Sonar · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“DigitalOcean Managed Databases (for PostgreSQL or MySQL) is often the best overall choice.”Grok 4.20 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Best for Predictable Flat-Rate Pricing: DigitalOcean Managed Databases”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“I'd start with DigitalOcean Managed PostgreSQL”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“scaling limits, higher relative costs at volume, and less enterprise-grade SLAs make them riskier for mission-critical apps”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as DigitalOcean Managed Databases, over the 55 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 11 | Compare → | |
| 41 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 39 | 14 | Compare → | |
| 31 | 2 | Compare → | |
| 30 | 7 | Compare → | |
| 24 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 18 | 0 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of DigitalOcean Managed Databases →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on DigitalOcean Managed Databases's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- production use
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How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 42 of the 55 answers that named DigitalOcean Managed Databases and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Ninety-four of the 130 domain citations in answers naming DigitalOcean Managed Databases came from a third party's page. Eighteen were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |