I wouldn't say there is much effort required at all with RDS. We use it without ...

theg2 on May 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I left Heroku, and notes on my new AWS setup

I wouldn't say there is much effort required at all with RDS. We use it without issue and while there are some annoying issues with limited access to the environment, it's been pretty solid for us.