I agree that RDS is stupidly expensive and not worth it provided that the company actually hires at least 2x full-time database owners who monitor, configure, s

I agree that RDS is stupidly expensive and not worth it provided that the company actually hires at least 2x full-time database owners who monitor, configure, scale and back up databases. Most startups will just save the money and let developers "own" their own databases or "be responsible for" uptime and backups.