# Amazon RDS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/amazon-rds/  
**Website:** https://aws.amazon.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 4

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud, providing cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups.

## Kin Score — 53.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 53.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 71.9 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 36.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 59.2 |
| Access Clarity | 59.2 |

## Agent readiness — 36.5 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Freemium · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (4)

- **Amazon RDS DB Clusters API** — Operations for creating and managing Aurora database clusters
- **Amazon RDS DB Engine Versions API** — Operations for describing available database engine versions
- **Amazon RDS DB Instances API** — Operations for creating, managing, and deleting RDS database instances
- **Amazon RDS DB Snapshots API** — Operations for creating and managing database snapshots

## Agentic access (1)

- **Amazon Rds Agentic Access** — 12 operations

## Security (4)

- **Amazon Rds Authentication** — apiKey · 1 scheme
- **Amazon Rds Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Amazon Rds Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Amazon Rds Trust Center** — PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140

## Plans (1)

- **Amazon Rds Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Cloud Databases, Database Service, Database-as-a-Service, Managed Databases, Relational Databases

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/amazon-rds/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.