# DigitalOcean Managed Databases alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 211 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where DigitalOcean Managed Databases 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/digitalocean-managed-databases/alternatives

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

- Amazon RDS: 62
- Amazon Aurora: 34
- Azure SQL Database: 16
- Supabase: 16
- Google Cloud SQL: 11
- PlanetScale: 3

## Managed relational databases

**Small business**: 58 of 84 answers did not name DigitalOcean Managed Databases (DigitalOcean Managed Databases is #3 of 8 at 10%).

- Amazon RDS: first choice in 15 of those 58
- Supabase: first choice in 15 of those 58
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 3 of those 58
- PlanetScale: first choice in 3 of those 58
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Neon: first choice in 2 of those 58
- Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) from AWS: first choice in 1 of those 58

**Mid-market**: 71 of 84 answers did not name DigitalOcean Managed Databases (DigitalOcean Managed Databases is #6 of 11 at 8%).

- Amazon RDS: first choice in 31 of those 71
- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 8 of those 71
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 6 of those 71
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 4 of those 71
- AWS Amazon RDS: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or MySQL: first choice in 1 of those 71
- Supabase: first choice in 1 of those 71

**Enterprise**: 82 of 84 answers did not name DigitalOcean Managed Databases.

- Amazon Aurora: first choice in 24 of those 82
- Amazon RDS: first choice in 16 of those 82
- Azure SQL Database: first choice in 8 of those 82
- Google Cloud SQL: first choice in 4 of those 82
- Azure SQL Managed Instance: first choice in 2 of those 82
- AWS: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized: first choice in 1 of those 82
- Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance: first choice in 1 of those 82

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