what is difference between aws database service vs database engine

Question

am looking to compare the aurora DB and RDS DB in aws. I see that aurora can also use RDS behind the scenes.

I have worked in sybase and sql server in the past. For these difference is clear as they are two different products with their own SQL and admin consoles. I couldn't draw similar picture for aws databases.

Answer 1

The main difference is the deployment, escalation and managing tools that AWS (or GCP's Database) offers you. The engine (Aurora in your case) is the component that those services use to CRUD data from the Databases they manage.

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Google Cloud databases