Rackspace Cloud Database vs JawsDB: What are the differences?

Developers describe Rackspace Cloud Database as "Get a performance-optimized database for your application in minutes". It gives you simple, on-demand provisioning and open APIs—so you can deploy MySQL, Percona Server, or MariaDB with minimal effort. It is available in all of our global data centers, and it's backed by MySQL experts who tackle the management challenge for you. On the other hand, JawsDB is detailed as "Fast, reliable, no-bullshark Database as a service". It is a Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) provider supplying a fully functional, fully managed, relational database for use with your application. Rather than going through the hassle of hosting, configuring, patching, and managing a database, JawsDB provides one-click delivery and management of a relational database in the cloud.

Rackspace Cloud Database and JawsDB belong to "SQL Database as a Service" category of the tech stack.

Some of the features offered by Rackspace Cloud Database are:

• 24x7x365 monitoring
• Spend less time managing infrastructure
• Performance Optimized

On the other hand, JawsDB provides the following key features:

• Get access to the same database trusted by sites such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, and more
• Backups
• Create, edit, and save reusable queries against your provisioned server. Databites are a custom, zero-hassle reporting solution for your database right out of the box