AWS RDS and Aurora may suit you better if…
- Your stack already lives in AWS VPCs
- You need Aurora’s storage scaling or global databases
- You have AWS operations experience
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Da8a vs AWS RDS and Aurora
Amazon RDS and Aurora run managed Postgres inside AWS; auth, storage and APIs come from other AWS services. Da8a puts Postgres, auth, storage, an auto REST API and functions on one server dedicated to you.
| Topic | Da8a | AWS RDS and Aurora |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Full backend around Postgres | Managed database only |
| Auth, storage, API | Built in | Cognito, S3, API Gateway and Lambda, configured separately |
| Browser access | supabase-js with RLS | Through an API you build |
| Operations | Backups, PITR and a standby replica included | Backups, PITR and Multi-AZ, configured per instance |
| Pricing model | A flat price per server | Instance hours, storage, I/O and transfer |
This page describes general differences as of 2026, not every feature. Products change over time; check each provider’s own documentation for current details.
Da8a may suit you better if…
- You want one product instead of five AWS services
- You want a flat bill
- You want supabase-js and RLS from the browser
Switching to Da8a
pg_dumpfrom RDS and restore into Da8a.- Move Cognito users to Da8a Auth.
- Move S3 files to Storage buckets, then replace API Gateway routes with the auto API or edge functions.
More detail in the migration docs and the quickstart.
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