Which is cheaper, Amazon RDS or Vultr Managed Databases?

Vultr is cheaper in 3 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 46.7%.

How do Amazon RDS and Vultr Managed Databases compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 6, 2026AWSVultr

Overall Winner

Vultr

AWS Wins

Vultr Wins

Ties

vultr wins 3 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 46.7% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.2466/hr to $11.48/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Database Instance workloads

Comparing Amazon RDS and Vultr Managed Databases across 4 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon RDS	Vultr Managed Databases	Diff	Cheapest
Database Instance - 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.3780/hr db.m5.2xlarge ($275.94/mo)	$0.6575/hr vultr-db-hp-8c32g ($479.97/mo)	+42.5%	AWS
Database Instance - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.2950/hr db.m6idn.large ($215.35/mo)	$0.2466/hr vultr-db-occ-2c8g ($180.02/mo)	+16.4%	Vultr
Database Instance - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.8970/hr db.m6id.xlarge ($654.81/mo)	$0.4932/hr vultr-db-occ-4c16g ($360.04/mo)	+45.0%	Vultr
Database Instance - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM	$11.4752/hr db.m5.4xlarge ($8,376.90/mo)	$1.9726/hr vultr-db-occ-16c64g ($1,440.00/mo)	+82.8%	Vultr

✓Database Instance - 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM - saves $35.33/mo (16.4% cheaper)
✓Database Instance - 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM - saves $294.77/mo (45% cheaper)
✓Database Instance - 16 vCPU, 64 GB RAM - saves $6,936.90/mo (82.8% cheaper)