RDS : managed RDBMS - Automated provisioning, OS patching - Continuous backups and restore to specific timestamp : transaction logs are backed-up by every 5mins,ability to restore to any point in time, 7 days retentions- Monitoring dashboards - Read replicas for improved read performance : up to 5 read replicas, replication is ASYNC, must update connection string, free for same-region, pay fee f..