Relational Database Service - AWS managed database service that handles maintenance, backups, and scaling. Like having a database administrator without hiring one.
An e-commerce site uses RDS for their product catalog database, with AWS handling all backups and updates automatically.
Amazon RDS is AWS’s managed relational database service for multiple engines. Closest equivalents are GCP Cloud SQL and Azure’s managed database offerings (Azure SQL Database for SQL Server and managed PostgreSQL/MySQL). OCI offers managed database services (including Autonomous Database) that cover similar managed operations like backups, patching, and scaling, though feature sets and supported engines differ by provider.