Plus RDS was the only reasonable option at that price tier (with high availability and multi-AZ). I think competition was sorely needed.
RDS was pretty much becoming a monopoly on this front.
They have a HA postgres offering (not sure about multi-az) and I thought I'd heard good things about them in the past?
They have a HA postgres offering (not sure about multi-az) and I thought I'd heard good things about them in the past?