The level of responsibility for the customer and AWS remains constant whether using managed database services or compute services where the customer maintains virtual servers.

Customers are responsible for physical hardware maintenance with compute services, whereas AWS assumes this responsibility with its managed database offerings.

With managed database services, AWS takes on more of the database management tasks typically handled by the customer with compute services where they control virtual servers.

AWS’s responsibility is diminished with managed database services, as the customer must oversee patching and upgrades, just as they would with provisioned compute services.